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CHRONOLOGICAL  CATALOGUE. 
CONFESSION  OF  FAITH,  COVENANT  AND  STANDING  RULES, 

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PRESENT  LIST  OF  THE  CHURCH. 


HARTFORD : 

PRINTED  BY  CHARLES  MONTAGUE. 
1860. 


HISTORICAL  MEMORANDA. 


Wethersfield,  Windsor  and  Hartford,  the  three  oldest  towns  in 
Connecticut,  were  founded  by  colonists  from  Watertown,  Dorchester 
and  Newtown,  Massachusetts,  in  the  order  mentioned,  and  originally 
under  the  same  names.  Such  a  migration,  from  the  eastern  coast  to 
the  interior,  was  first  suggested  by  an  Indian  Sachem,  Wahquimacut 
or  Wahquinnacut,  to  the  Governors  of  the  Massachusetts  and  Plym- 
outh colonies  in  1C31.  The  Governor  of  Massachusetts  received  him 
courteously,  but  declined  to  entertain  his  proposition.  Governor 
Winslow  of  Plymouth,  Avithout  directly  acceding  to  it,  could  not 
aa* holly  dismiss  it  from  his  mind ;  but  AA-ent  himself  to  spy  out  the 
riches  of  this  Indian  Paradise.  His  favorable  report  led  to  the  erec- 
tion of  a  trading  house,  near  the  mouth  of  Tunxis  river  at  Windsor, 
under  the  sanction  of  the  Plymouth  colony,  as  early  as  October,  1633  ; 
and  a  similar  one  had  been  erected,  by  the  Dutch  from  Manhattan, 
at  Hartford,  a  short  time  before  ;  but  neither  of  these  establishments 
seems  to  have  been  intended  as  the  nucleus  of  a  settlement.  In  Sep- 
tember of  the  same  year,  Rev.  Thomas  Hooker,  Avho  had  been  driven 
into  exile  from  England,  for  non-conformity,  in  1630,  accompanied  by 
Samuel  Stone,  his  assistant,  followed  and  rejoined  his  old  parishioners 
at  XewtoAvn,  Mass.,  AA-ho,  soon  after  his  excision  from  his  ministry, 
had  fled  to  America  under  a  mutual  pledge  of  reunion.  The  croAA'ded 
state  of  the  settlement,  Avhere  they  met,  led  them  to  cast  about  for 
room  ;  and  the  Connecticut  A-alley,  being  at  that  moment  the  favorite 
Eldorado,  they,  with  others,  petitioned  the  General  Court  of  Massa- 


chusetts  for  leave  to  transfer  themselves  thither.  This  petition,  made 
in  1634,  was  at  first  rejected;  hut  a  number  of  the  inhabitants  of 
Watertown,  during  the  autumn  of  the  same  year,  disregarding  the 
decision  of  the  General  Court,  set  out  for  the  interdicted  country,  and 
arriving  in  season  to  construct  temporary  houses  in  which  to  pass 
the  winter,  made,  it  is  believed,  at  Pyquag,  now  Wethersfield,  the 
first  settlement  on  the  Connecticut  River.  In  May  following,  (1635,) 
the  old  application  of  Hooker  and  his  friends  was  renewed,  and  leave 
to  remove  reluctantly  granted.  During  the  summer  of  the  same 
year,  several  of  the  people  belonging  to  the  congregation  of  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Wareham  of  Dorchester,  removed  to  a  point  on  the  river  a  few 
miles  above ;  and  prepared  to  lay  the  foundation  of  the  town  of 
Windsor.  The  whole  of  that  season,  the  Watertown  settlers,  in  par- 
ties of  a  few  families  each,  continued  to  make  additions  to  the  little 
company  of  pioneers  at  Wethersfield. 

In  the  middle  of  October,  Hooker  and  his  friends,  constituting  a 
band  of  sixty  persons,  made  up  of  families  of  every  age,  from  infancy 
to  second  childhood,  set  out  on  their  tedious  march  across  the  country, 
like  the  Israelites  of  old,  with  "their  flocks  and  herds,"  for  the 
"  promised  land."  After  a  long  and  wearisome  journey,  they  arrived 
at  the  river  just  in  time  to  escape  the  rigors  of  winter ;  and  most  ot 
them  settled  at  Hartford,  though  some,  having  joined  the  caravan  not 
originally  parties  to  it,  distributed  themselves  among  the  previous  col- 
onists at  Wethersfield  and  Windsor.  Of  the  members  of  the  church 
in  Watertown,  Mass.,  who  came  to  Wethersfield,  only  six  were  dis- 
missed ;  to  which  number  only  one  was  added  in  the  next  six  years. 
During  this  interval  they  received  the  ministerial  labors  of  Rev. 
Richard  Denton,  Rev.  John  Sherman,  and  Rev.  Peter  Prudden. 

Rev.  Richard  Denton  had  been  a  preacher  in  Halifax,  Eng.,  before 
coming  to  this  country.     He  came  to  Watertown  in  1634,  and  to 


Wethersfield  in  1635;  where  he  remained  until  1641,  when  he  re. 
moved  to  Stamford,  carrying-  a  considerable  number  of  families  with 
him.  Cotton  Mather  in  his  Magnalia,  thus  speaks  of  Mr.  Denton  :  — 
"  First  at  Wethersfield,  and  then  at  Stamford,  his  doctrines  dropped 
as  the  rain,  his  speech  distilled  as  the  dew,  as  the  small  rain  upon  the 
tender  herb,  as  the  showers  upon  the  grass.  Though  he  was  a  little 
man,  yet  he  had  a  great  soul  ;  his  well  accomplished  mind,  in  his 
lesser  body,  wa?  an  Iliad  in  a  nut-shell.  I  think  he  was  blind  of  an 
eye  ;  nevertheless  he  was  not  the  least  among  the  seers  of  our  Israel ; 
he  saw  a  very  considerable  portion  of  those  things  which  '  Eye  hath 
not  seen.'  He  was  far  from  cloudy  in  his  conceptions  and  principles 
of  divinity  ;  whereof  he  wrote  a  system,  entitled  '  Solilocpuia  Sacra," 
so  accurately  considering  the  fourfold  state  of  man,  1st,  in  his  Created 
Purity,  2d,  Contracted  Deformity,  3d,  Restored  Beauty,  and  4th,  Ce- 
lestial Glory,  that  judicious  persons  who  have  seen  it,  very  much  la- 
ment the  churches  being  so  much  deprived  of  it.  At  length  he  got 
beyond  clouds,  and  so  beyond  storms  ;  waiting  the  return  of  the  Lord 
Jesus  Christ,  in  the  clouds  of  heaven,  when  he  will  have  his  reward 
among  the  saints."     He  returned  to  England  in  1658,  where  he  died. 

Rev.  John  Sherman  was  born  in  Dedham,  England,  December  26, 
1613,  and  educated  at  Cambridge  University.  He  came  to  this  coun- 
try in  1634,  and,  after  being  an  assistant  to  Mr.  Philips  of  Watertown, 
came  to  Wethersfield  in  1635;  and  went  to  Milford  in  1640,  where 
he  was  chosen  teaching  Elder,  in  connection  with  Mr.  Prudden, 
which  office  he  declined.  He  preached  only  occasionally  in  Connec- 
ticut. On  the  death  of  Mr.  Philips,  Mr.  Sherman  returned  to  Water- 
town  in  1644.    He  died  Aug.  8th,  1635,  aged  seventy-one. 

Rev.  Peter  rrudden,  bom  at  Edgton,  Yorkshire,  in  1601,  educated 
for  the  ministry,  and  ordained  in  England,  preached  awhile  in  York- 
shire and  Hertfordshire,  before  coming  to  this  country  July  26,  1637. 
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"While  looking  about  for  a  home,  he  resided  for  a  time  at  Wethersfield, 
and  preached  there.  Upon  his  leaving  Wethersfield,  a  considerable 
number  of  families  accompanied  him  to  Milford,  and  were  among  the 
principal  settlers  ol  that  town.  He  was  installed  pastor  of  the  church 
in  Milford,  April  18th,  1640,  and  died  there,  July,  1656.  Cotton 
Mather  describes  him  as  "  an  example  of  piety,  gravity,  and  boiling- 
zeal  against  the  growing  evils  of  the  times,  yet  possessed  of  a  singu- 
lar faculty  to  sweeten,  compose,  and  qualify  exasperated  spirits,  and 
to  stop  or  heal  all  contentions.  His  death  was  felt  by  the  colony,  as 
the  fall  of  a  pillar  which  made  the  whole  fabric  shake." 

After  the  removal  of  Messrs.  Denton,  Sherman  and  Prudden,  the 
Rev.  Henry  Smith  seems  to  have  been  the  only  remaining  minister. 
He  is  said  to  have  been  a  companion  of  the  earliest  settlers,  and  to 
have  officiated  as  their  preacher,  but  for  reasons  not  given,  to  have 
temporarily  withdiawn.  On  the  28th  of  February,  1641,  the  church 
in  Wethersfield  seems  to  have  been,  for  the  first  time,  regularly  or- 
ganized, and  a  ruling  Elder,  Clement  Chaplin,  appointed.  There  are 
no  church  records  of  that  period  extant,  but  the  c  ircumstance  is  found 
on  the  records  of  the  town.  The  number  of  members,  which  it  em- 
bodied, is  unknown.  Among  them  were  Joseph  Sherman,  Joseph 
Strickland,  Robert  Reynolds  and  James  Weed,  who  had  been  regu- 
larly dismissed  from  the  church  at  Watertown. 

Soon  after  his  installation,  some  restless  spirits  began  to  visit  him 
with  persecution  ;  and  the  controversy  became  at  last  so  violent, 
that  recourse  was  had  to  the  General  Court  for  adjustment.  Their 
Committee  reported,  that  "  the  best  way  for  recovering  and  preserv- 
ing the  public  peace,  is,  that  Mr.  Smith  lay  down  his  place,  if  it  may 
be  done  according  to  God."  This  opinion  was  approved  by  the  Gen- 
eral Court,  and  a  copy  given  to  Mr.  Smith,  for  his  answer  ;  with  th3 
request  that,  "  if  it  was  not  satisfactory  to  him,  he  would  point  out 
some  other  course."     A  final  hearing,  Nov.    10th,  1643,  resulted  in 


Mr.  Smith's  triumphant  acquittal  of  the  charges  brought  against  him, 
and  the  imposition  of  heavy  penalties  on  his  false  accusers.  Among 
whom,  it  is  painful  to  remark,  that  his  ruling  Elder,  Mr.  Chaplin, 
seems  to  have  been  most  conspicuous.  After  this  his  ministry  seems 
to  have  been  without  serious  interruption,  but  it  is  thought  that  his 
trials  preyed  upon  his  health,  and  brought  him  prematurely  to  the 
grave  in  1648,  "  grieved  and  wearied  with  the  burdens  of  his  charge.'' 

After  the  death  of  Mr.  Smith,  the  Eev.  John  Russell,  Jim.,  became 
his  successor,  about  1650.  He  was  born  in  England,  but  graduated 
at  Harvard  in  1645.  Having  completed  his  course  of  college  studies, 
he  prepared  for  the  ministry,  and  was  invited  to  settle  at  Wethers- 
field.  Here  he  was  ordained,  and  soon  obtained  a  considerable 
standing,  among  the  clergy  of  the  colony,  receiving  an  important  ap- 
pointment from  the  General  Court,  for  the  adjustment  of  grave  points 
of  doctrine  then  agitated  by  the  church.  The  early  part  of  his  minis- 
try seems  to  have  been  quiet,  but  the  Hartford  Controversy,  as  it 
was  called,  beginning  to  rage  at  this  time,  Mr.R.  and  part  of  his  church 
became  involved  in  it.  "  "What  the  precise  nature  of  the  controversy 
was,"  Cotton  Mather  says,  "  it  was  difficult  even  at  the  time  to  tell." 
It  was  supposed,  however,  to  relate  to  the  reciprocal  rights  of  clergy 
and  laity;  and  so  irreconcilable  did  the  feud  at  last  become,  that  Mr. 
Russell,  with  a  large  majority  of  his  church,  resolved  to  leave  the  col- 
ony. They  removed  to  Hadley,  Massachusetts,  in  the  year  1659,  and 
laid  the  foundation  of  that  town  and  church. 

After  the  removal  of  Mr.  Russell,  the  Rev.  John  Cotton,  Jr.,  was 
employed  atWrethersfield,  and  remained  there  till  1663.  He  was  born 
at  Boston,  March  13th,  1640,  graduated  at  Harvard,  1657,  and  died  in 
the  ministry  at  Charleston,  S.  C,  18th  of  Sept.,  1699,  at  the  age  of  60- 

Rev.  Joseph  Haynes,  son  of  Gov.  Haynes  of  Hartford,  supplied  the 
pulpit  during  1663  and  166 1  ;  at  the  close  of  which  period,  he  received 


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a  call  from  the  First  Congregational  Church  at  Hartford,  which  he  ac- 
cepted ;  and  at  which  place  he  died,  at  the  age  of  38,  May  14th,  1679. 

Rev.  Thomas  Buckingham  succeeded  him,  as  temporary  supply  for 
a  short  time  ;  was  subsequently  settled  at  Saybrook,  and  died  April  1 , 
1709,  aged  62. 

Rev.  Jonathan  Willoughby,  or  Willaubce,  preached  for  the  church 
at  Wethers  field,  from  Sept.,  1664,  to  the  spring  of  1666. 

Rev.    Samuel    Stone,  son   of  the  Rev.  Samuel  Stone  of  Hartford 
preached  at  Wethersfield  after  the  removal  of  Mr.  "Willoughby ;  and 
also,  while  Mr.  Buikley,  who  succeeded,  was  absent  as  surgeon  in  the 
Indian  wars.     His  death,  8th  of  October,  1693,  was  caused  by  a  fall,  at 
night,  down  the  precipitous  bank  of  the  Little  river,  at  Hartford. 

Rev.  Gershom  Buikley  was  the  next  regular  incumbent  of  the  pulpit. 
He  was  the  son  of  Rev.  Peter  Buikley  of  Concord,  Mass. ;  born,  Dec. 
26,  1635,  graduated  at  Harvard,  1659,  settled  in  New  London,  1661, 
installed  at  Wethersfield,  1666,  dismissed,  1677,  died  at  Glastenbury, 
Dec.  2,  1713.  His  mother  died,  as  was  supposed,  on  her  passage  to 
this  country,  1635  ;  but,  at  the  urgent  request  of  the  husband,  her  body 
was  kept  three  days  beyond  the  time  appointed  for  committing  it  to  the 
deep,  when  signs  of  vitality  appeared,  and  she  recovered.  Her  son 
Gershom  was  born  soon  after  her  arrival.  After  leaving  college,  he 
studied  divinity  and  medicine,  and  settled  at  New  London.  Some  dif- 
ference of  opinion  having  arisen,  between  him  and  his  people,  in  regard 
cither  to  doctrine  or  discipline,  he  resigned  his  place.  After  being  in- 
stalled at  Wethersfield,  he  was  appointed,  by  the  General  Court  in  1675, 
surgeon  to  the  army  that  had  been  raised  against  the  Indians  ;  and  Mr. 
Stone  was  directed  to  supply  the  place  of  Mr.  B.  in  his  absence.  After 
his  return  from  King  Philip's  war,  he  asked  a  dismission  from  the 
church  in  Wethersfield,  on  account  of  the  state  of  his  health,  remov- 
ed to  the  east  side  of  the  river,  and  commenced  practice  as  a  physician, 
which  he  continued  over  thirty  years.     He  married  Sarah,  only  daugh- 


tcr  of  Pres.  Chauncey.     His  ashes  rest  in  the  Wethersfield  church-yard, 

under  a  table  bearing  the  following  inscription  : — "  He  was  honorable 
in  his  descent ;  of  rare  abilities,  extraordinary  industry,  excellent  learn- 
ing, master  of  many  languages,  exquisite  in  his  skill,  in  divinity,  phys- 
ic, and  law,  and  of  a  most  exemplary  and  Christian  life.  In  certain 
spem  beatae  resurrectionis  repositus."* 

Rev.  Joseph  Rowlandson  succeeded  Mr.  Bulkley.  He  was  bom  in 
England,  graduated  at  Harvard,  1652,  being  the  whole  of  the  graduat- 
ing class  ;  was  settled  at  Lancaster,  Mass.,  in  1656,  where  he  remained 
till  the  burning  of  that  town  by  the  Indians,  in  1676.  He  was  installed 
at  Wethersfield  in  1677,  and  died  Nov.  24,  167S. 

Rev.  John  Woodbridge  succeeded  Mr.  Rowlandson  in  1679.  He 
was  the  son  of  an  English  clergyman,  of  the  same  name,  and  born  at 
Newbury,  in  1651  ;  and  graduated  at  Harvard,  1664.  He  was  first  set- 
tled at  Killingworth,  Conn.,  whence  he  removed  to  Wethersfield,  and 
was  installed  pastor  of  the  church  in  1679,  and  resigned  his  ministry 
with  his  life,  in  1691.  "  Whiting  of  Hartford,  Woodbridge  of  Weth- 
ersfield, Wakeman  of  Fairfield,"  says  Cotton  Mather  in  his  Magnalia, 
"  will  never  be  forgotten,  till  Connecticut  Colony  do  forget  itself,  and 
all  religion." 

Rev.  William  Partridge,  son  of  Col.  Samuel  Partridge  of  Hatfield, 
born  Xov.  16,  1669,  and  graduated  at  Harvard,  in  1689,  was  employed, 
as  an  assistant  to  Mr.  Woodbridge  during  the  few  last  years  of  his 
ministry,  when,  his  declining  health  rendered  him  unequal  to  the  dis- 
charge of  its  duties.  After  Mr.  Woodbridge's  death,  he  continued  to 
occupy  the  pulpit  until  Eeb.,  1693,  Avhen  he  declined  a  call  from  the 
church  to  become  their  pastor,  and  died  at  Wallingford,  the  subsequent 
September,  at  the  age  of  24. 

Rev.  Stephen  Mix  succeeded  Mr.  Woodbridge  in  the  pastorate,  in 


The  latin  omitted  in  present  inscription  which  hasheen  recut. 


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i  694,  and  his  account  of  a  long  ministry  of  forty-four  years,  was  sealed 
up,  August  28, 1 738.  The  earliest  known  records  of  the  church  are  from 
his  hand ;  but,  so  impaired  by  time,  as  to  be  irrecoverable  as  a  whole. 
Such  names,  as  can  be  clearly  deciphered,  are  given  in  the  catalogue 
annexed.  His  ashes  rest  beneath  a  monumental  tablet,  in  the  ancient 
burial  ground,  which  bears  the  following  inscription  : — 

Here  lies  Interred  the  Body 
of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Stephen  Mix, 
late  Pastor  of  the  first  church 
in  Wethersfield  ;  an  able  Min- 
ister, born  in  New  Haven,  and 
Educated  at  Cambridge  College ; 
who,  having  served  his  gene- 
ration, by  the  will  of  God, 
fell  asleep,  August  28th, 
1738,  In  the  66th  year 
of  his  age,  and  44th  of 
his  Ministry. 

"Rev.  James  Lockwood,  son  of  James  Lockwood  of  Norwalk,  Conn., 
was  ordained  his  successor,  Feb.  28th,  1739,  just  prior  to  the  memora- 
ble revival  of  1740,  which  highly  blessed  New  England.  During  the 
ministry  of  Mr.  Lockwood,  the  celebrated  Whitefield  made  his  first  and 
second  visits.  The  people  of  Wethersfield  were  favored  with  his  in- 
structions, and  felt  their  power.  This  was  probably  the  first  revival, 
with  which  this  ancient  church  was  visited.  Mr.  Lockwood  closed  his 
labors  and  entered  into  rest,  in  1772,  aged  59,  having  served  his  Divine 
.Mister  thirty-three  years  in  the  ministry.  His  monument,  near  that  of 
his  predecessor,  bears  the  following  epitaph  : — 

To  the  memory 

of  the  Rev.  James  Lockwood, 

Late  pastor  of  the  first  church  of  Christ 

in  Wethersfield  ; 

Who,  in  the  34th  Year  of  his  Ministry 

and  58th  of  his  Age, 

on  the  20th  of  July,  1772, 

Entered  into  the  Joy  of  his  Lord. 

As  a  Tutor,  and  afterwards  one  of  ye  Corporation 

of  Yale  College, 


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highly  venerated  and  esteemed  ; 

As  a  Minister  of  the  Gospel,  one  whose  praise 

is  in  the  churches  : 

Solicited  to  preside  over  two  of  the  principal 

Academies  in  America, 

The  Colleges  at  New  Haven  and  Princeton, 

His  Affection  for  the  people  of  his  charge 

did  not  permit 

His  acceptance  of  either  of  these  honorable  stations ; 

But  having  respect  to  the  Recompense  of  Reward, 

finished  the  pious  course  he  early  began 

in  the  Gospel  Ministry, 

And  here  resteth  from  his  Labours 

Through  Life  exerted ; 

"  The  Bold  to  curb,  and  the  Licentious  awe 

And  Tifrn  the  Tide  of  Souls  another  way." 


Rev.  John  Marsh,  D.  D.,  who  succeeded  Mr.  Lockwood  in  the  pas- 
torate, was  born  at  Haverhill,  Massachusetts,  on  the  13th  of  Nov., 
1742.  His  parents,  descended  from  early  settlers  of  New  England, 
were  eminent  for  their  piety  ;  and  his  mother,  a  superior  woman,  in- 
spired him  from  his  childhood  with  the  deepest  reverence  for  divine 
things.  He  entered  Harvard  University  at  the  age  of  fifteen,  subse- 
quently became  one  of  its  Tutors,  and  received  from  it  the  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Divinity.  On  the  12th  of  January.  1774,  he  was  ordained 
pastor  of  the  church  at  Wethersfield,  and  continued  in  this  relation  un- 
til his  death,  13th  of  Sept.,  1821,  in  the  79th  year  of  his  life,  and  48th 
of  his  ministry.  Punctilious  in  the  discharge  of  his  official  duties,  he 
made  the  Sabbath  honorable,  its  ordinances  precious,  and  the  sanctuary 
solemn  as  "  the  gate  of  Heaven."  His  spiritual  graces  were  always 
peculiarly  enlivened  at  the  table  of  the  Lord,  and  he  habitually  went 
from  it  with  a  heart  full  of  gratitude  and  love,  and  a  face  beaming  with 
holy  joy.  At  the  dying  bed,  he  administered  "  the  oil  of  consolation" 
witli  the  utmost  tenderness,  in  the  language  and  the  spirit  of  the  gos- 
pel ;  and  at  the  grave,  he  dwelt  with  animating  faith  upon  the  prom- 
ises that  irradiate  its  gloom.     A  profound  judge  of  human  nature,  he 


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controlled  the  conflicting1  waves  of  public  opinion  with  unerring  skill ; 
and  acquired,  by  his  frequent  reconciliation  of  village  feuds,  the  noble 
title  of  Peacemaker.  Genial  in  temperament  and  courteous  in  man- 
ner, he  was  cordially  "  given  to  hospitality  ;"  and  propitiated  an  affec- 
tionate and  reverential  regard,  alike  from  strangers  and  the  people  of 
his  charge.  The  records  of  his  ministry,  kept  with  clerkly  care,  at- 
test his  official  fidelity,  and  the  blessing  of  God  upon  his  labors.  He 
died,  as  he  had  long  lived,  in  the  active  service  of  his  Master;  and 
was  followed  to  his  rest  by  parents  and  children  of  many  generations, 
who  had  learned  from  his  lips  to  love  and  honor  God,  and  confess 
Him  before  men.  The  labors  of  the  last  five  years  of  his  ministry 
were  cheered  and  lessened  by  the  co-operation  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Ten- 
ney  as  his  colleague  ;  with  whom  he  "  took  sweet  counsel,"  and 
with  whom  he  rejoiced,  at  his  departure,  over  the  fruits  of  their  joint 
services  for  Christ.  He  reposes  beneath  a  marble  tablet,  containing 
the  following  brief  inscription  : 

In  Memory  of  the 

Rev.   John  Marsh,  S.  T.  D. 

A  native  of  Haverhill,  Mass.,  Graduate  and 

Tutor  of  Harvard  College,  Pastor  of  the 

First  Church  of  Christ  in  Wethersfield, 

and  Fellow  of  Yale  College. 

A  Gentleman  of  great  urbanity,  distinguished 

scholarship,  fervent  piety,  and  an  eminent 

Minister  of  the  Gospel  of  Christ. 

Ordained  Jan.  12,  A.  D.  1774. 

Died  Sep.  13th,  1821,  M  79. 

Caleb  Jewett  Tenney,  D.  D.,  the  next  incumbent  of  the  pas- 
torate, was  born  at  Hollis,  N.  H.,  May  3d,  1780.  At  the  age  of  six- 
teen he  became  a  convert  to  the  truth,  under  the  immediate  influence 
of  Davies'  sermons,  suggested  to  his  perusal  by  his  pious  mother  in 
the  progress  of  a  faithful  training,  "  in  the  nurture  and  admonition  of 
the  Lord."     He  was  graduated  at  Dartmouth  College  in  1801,  re- 


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ceiving  the  first  honor  in  a  class  distinguished  by  the  membership  of 
the  Eev.  Dr.  Merrill  and  the  Hon.  Daniel  Webster.  In  1804  he  was 
ordained  at  Newport,  R.  I.  as  successor  of  the  Eev.  Samuel  Hop- 
kins, D.  D.,  who  had  died  the  previous  year.  About  1815  he  was 
compelled,  by  the  failure  of  his  health,  to  resign  this  pastorate  ;  but 
in  1816  he  was  so  far  restored  as  to  be  able  to  accept  the  call  of  the 
church  at  Wethersfield.  Here,  first  installed  as  colleague,  he  be- 
came sole  pastor  at  the  death  of  Dr.  Marsh  in  1821 .  In  1833  a  bron- 
chial affection  disabled  him  from  discharging  the  duties  of  the  pulpit, 
but  so  much  had  he  endeared  himself  to  his  people,  that  they  would 
not  consent  to  sever  the  pastoral  relation  subsisting  between  them, 
until  he  felt  himself  impelled,  by  a  regard  to  their  interests,  to  ask  for 
a  dismission,  12th  Jan..  1841.  Previous  to  this  date,  the  same  sym- 
pathy with  him  that,  in  the  case  of  his  predecessor,  had  led  to  his 
own  appointment  as  colleague,  had  twice  relieved  him  by  the  instal- 
lation of  two  persons  in  succession  to  the  same  office  in  relation  to 
himself,  and  he  had  become  unwilling  any  longer  to  impose  a  double 
ministry  upon  this  people.  He  became  subsequently  a  very  efficient 
agent  of  the  American  Colonization  Society,  in  whose  service  he  died 
at  Northampton,  28th  September,  1847,  in  the  68th  year  of  his  age. 
Dr.  Tenney  was  a  thorough,  bible  christian,  and  his  sermons  were, 
to  his  spiritual  hearers,  like  refreshing  showers  of  heavenly  manna. 
In  the  deep  sense  of  his  solemn  responsibility,  as  a  watchman  for 
souls,  he  never  stooped  to  the  frivolous  embellishments  of  style  so 
popular  with  feeble  minds  ;  but  uttered  himself  habitually  with  the 
severe  simplicity  of  the  Gospel;  yet  no  dispassionate  hearer  ever 
listened  to  his  earnest,  affectionate,  lucid  and  comprehensive  expo- 
sitions of  divine  truth,  without  a  profound  conviction  of  his  sincerity 
and  heaven  taught  wisdom.  The  tones  of  his  voice  were  full  of  ten- 
derness, and  although  to  impulsive  natures  his  elocution  might  ap- 


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appear  too  unimpassioned  to  rouse  sinners  from  the  lethargy  of  guilt, 
yet  the  power  of  "  the  still,  small  voice  "  ever  dwelt  upon  his  lips,  and 
convictions  were  perpetually  stealing  to  the  hearts  of  those  who 
heard  him.  His  ministry  was  eminently  successful,  and  a  "  cloud  of 
witnesses  "  will  attest  his  faithfulness  at  the  bar  of  God.  "  He  was  a 
good  man,  full  of  the  Holy  Ghost  and  of  faith,  and  much  people  was 
added  to  the  Lord."  His  ashes  sleep  by  those  of  Brainerd,  in  the 
soil  consecrated  by  the  longest  ministry  of  Edwards. 

Rev.  Charles  J.  Warren  was  installed  as  colleague  to  Dr  Ten- 
ney  July  1st,  1835;  dismissed  Feb.  1st,  1837. 

Eev  Robert  Southgate,  a  native  of  Portland,  Maine,  succeed- 
ed him  in  the  same  office  February  7th,  1838,  and  became  sole  pastor 
at  Dr.  Tenney's  resignation,  January  12th,  1841.  Circumstances, 
however,  induced  him  to  ask  a  dismission  Nov.  22,  1843. 

Rev.  Mark  Tucker,  D.  D.,  a  native  of  Whitestown,  N.  Y.,  suc- 
ceeded him  as  pastor  Oct.  15,  1845,  and  continued  to  discharge  the 
duties  of  the  office  until  arrested  by  disease  in  1855.  During  the 
disabilities  incident  to  this  attack,  he  concluded  to  ask  for  a  dis- 
mission, and  the  pastoral  relation  was  dissolved  March  24th,  1856. 

Rev.  Willis  S.  Colton,  the  present  pastor,  was  ordained  Sept. 
17th,  1856. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  CATALOGUE  OF  OFFICERS  AXD  MEMBERS. 


PASTORS. 

Appointed. 


Rev 


Hexry  Smiih Feb.  28, 

John  Russell,  Jr 

Gershom  Bulkley 

Joseph  Rowlandson 

John  Woodbridge 

Stephen  Mix 

James  Lockwood Feb.  28, 

John  Marsh,  D.D Jan.  12! 


1G4J 
1650 

1666 
1677 

1679 
1694 

1739 
1771 


Died  or  removed. 

1648 
1659 
1677 
1678 
1691 
1738 
1772 
1821 


Caleb  Jewett  Tenny,  D.D.,  1816 

Chas.  J .  AVAR  REX 1835 

Robert  Southgate 1838 

Mark  Ticker,  D.D Oct.  15,  1845 

Willis  S.  Cclton, Sept.  17,    1856 

DEACONS. 


Nov.  24, 

Ann-.  2*, 
July  20, 
Sept.  13, 

Dismissed. 
Jan.  12, 
Feb.  1, 
Nov.  22, 
Mar.  24, 


1841 

1837 
1843 
1856 


Clement  Chaplin 

ordained  a  Ruling 

Elder  Feb.  26,  1641. 

Names. 

Appointed. 

Died. 

Age. 

Benjamin  Stillman, 

Hezekiah  May 

Sept.    3,  1783 
May  30,  1784 

Elisha  Williams 

Sept.  28,  1774, 

Ezekiel  Y\  illiams 

"              .4               It 

Feb.  12,  1818 

89 

Thomas  Belden 

"              "               " 

May  22,  1782 

51 

Elisha  Wolcott 

-       July  21,1784, 

Oct.  13,  179:3 

76 

.'       <<       << 

Feb.  17,  1793 
Removed  to  Ohio 

6^ 

April  17,  1793, 

1793,  d.  Sept.     512. 

Samuel  W  .  W  illiams.. 

March  2,  1794, 

Sept.  12,1812 

61 

Jesse  Churchill 

Dec.  10,  1797, 

May  7,  1806 

80 

Timothy  Stillman 

April  21,  1815, 

Sept.  23,  1856 

9U 

William  Talcott 

Dec.  G,  1812, 

June  28,  1813 

42 

Ebenezer  Stillman 

Oct.  3,  1813, 

Dee.  11,  18.14 

78 

William  Willard 

Sept.  9,  1821, 

Mar.  8,  1832 

48 

Joshua  Good  rich 

.       Mar.  28,  1832, 

Sept.  12,  1854 

65 

Samuel  Galpin 

Jan  24.  1855, 

Richard  A.  Robbins... 

<t       it       n 

John  Wells, 

Dec.  31,  1856, 

George  Stillman 

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CATALOGUE   OF   COMMUNICANTS, 

Derived  from  Records  of  Rev.  Stephen  Mix,  so  far  as  legible, 

1694  to  1738. 

Rob't  Frances, 

Tho.  Wright,  Jr. 

Nath.  Hun,  Sen. 

His  wife, 

Dan'l  Rose,  Sen, 

His  wife, 

Ens.  Jo.  Wiat, 

His  wife, 

Nath'l  Stadart, 

Jona.  Wiard, 

Step.  Chester,  Sen. 

Jno.  Chester,  Sen. 

His  wife, 

Tho.  Fiteh, 

Tho.  Griswold's  wife, 

Luke  Hill, 

His  wife, 

Raph  Harris, 

His  wife, 

Sam  Woolcot's  wife, 

John  Bordman, 

His  wife, 

Jno.  Beckly 

Ezekiel  Buck, 

Wid.  Crane,  Sen. 

Wife  of  John  Deming, 

Deming,  Jr's  Wid. 

John  Dix, 

Jacob  Goff  s  Widow, 

Mercy  Wright, 

Hannah  Goodrich, 

Grace  Kilburn, 

Hannah  Lane, 

Hannah  Rose, 

Sarah  Try  an, 

Mary  Griswold, 

Margaret,  w.  of  Benj.  Gardner, 

Abigail,  w.  of  Jona.  Goodrich, 

Rachel,  w.  of  Ezekiel  Buck, 

Rebecca,  w.  of  Sam  Wright, 

Solomon  Treat, 


Edw'd  Bulkly, 

Mrs.  Bulkly, 

Jona.  Benton, 

His  wife, 

Jonath.  Belden, 

His  wife, 

Obadia  Dickinson, 

His  wife, 

Benezer  Hale, 

John  Kilburn,  Sen. 

His  wife, 

Mary  Robbins, 

Joshua  Robbins. 

His  wife, 

Widow  Ryly, 

James  Treat,  Sen. 

His  wife, 

Win.  Warner,  Sen. 

His  wife, 

John  Waddoms, 

His  wife, 

Mrs.  Bordman, 

Nathl.  Butler's  wife, 

Henry  Buck's  wife, 

Win,  Burnham, 

His  wife, 

Benj,  Churchill, 

Widow  Curtis, 

Moses  Craffts, 

His  wife, 

Serjt.  J.  Deming, 

His  wife, 

Jona.  Goodrich, 

His  wife, 

David  Goodrich, 

Enoch  Buck, 

His  wife, 

Jona.  Curtis,  Sen. 

His  wife, 

Abr.  Deming, 

His  wife, 


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Jacob  Griswold, 

James  Treat,  Junr. 

John  Allen, 

Stephen  Chester,  Jr's  wife, 

Josiah  Gilbert, 

Capt.  Robert  Wells, 

Mary  Wells  (w.  of  do.) 

Prudence,  w.  of  Ja.  Treat,  Jr. 

Lydia,  w.  of  Israel  Crane, 

Mary,  w.  of  Sam'l.  Talcott, 

John  Chester,  Jr. 

Dan'l.  Bordman, 

His  wife, 

Bartholomew  Foster, 

His  wife, 

Martha,  w.  of  Jona.  Deming  3d. 

David  Wright, 

Beuj.  Gardner, 

Mr.  Jno.  Latimer, 

Prudence,  w.  of  Anthony 

Stoddard,  Jr. 
John  Stadder,  Jr. 
Abigail,  w.  of  Griswold  Jr.  Cornet, 
Sam'l.  Bordman, 
Rachel,  w.  of  Peter  Bulkly, 
Nathaniel  Churchill's  wife, 
Mabel  Treat, 


Martha,  w.  of  Nathan' 1  Stillman, 

Richard  Treat, 

Margaret,  w.  of  John  Howard, 

Comfort,  w.  of  Thomas  Morton, 

John  Koley's  wife, 

Mary  Sage, 

John  Rose, 

Dorothy,  w.  of  Edw'd  Bulkly, 

Edward  Bulkly, 

Josiah  Goodrich,  and  his  wife, 

Prudence,  w.  of  Capt.  Goodrich, 

Experience,  w.  of  Abrah.  Warren, 

Mabel  Holmes, 

Sarah  Belding,  dr.  of  Joseph, 

Mr  Thomas  Wells, 

His  wife, 

Abigail,  w.  of  Joshua  Robbins, 

Ebenezer  Deming, 

Dinah,  w.  of  Josiah  Talcott, 

Jno.  Colman,  Senr. 

Silas  Belding, 

Richard  Montague, 

Sarah,  w.  of  Nath'l  Stillman, 

Abigail,  w.  of  Richard  Montague 

Amasa  Adams. 

Sarah,  w.  of  David  Stro, 

Elizabeth,  dr.  of  Eben'r  Deming. 


CATALOGUE  OF  MEMBERS, 

During  the  ministry  of  Rev.  James  LoCKWOOD,  1739  to  1770. 


1739. 
Return  Belding, 
Benjamin  Try  on, 
Abigail  Goodrich, 
Samuel  Riley  and  wife, 
Abraham  Crane  and  wife, 
Phebe  Horner. 

1740. 
Amos  Belding, 
Ephraim  Willard, 
Elisha  Boardman, 
Thankful  Not, 
Elizabeth  Buck. 

1741. 
Nathaniel  Dickinson, 
William  Butler, 
Thomas  Hurlburt,  Jr. 
Sam'l  Dix, 


Mary  Dix, 
Rebekah  Try  on, 
Elias  Wright, 
Wm.  Warner  and  w: 
Abigail  Belding, 
Dority  Cook, 
Honor  Wright, 
Mary  Pierce, 
Esther  Wells, 
Sarah  Curtis, 
Experience  Curtis, 
Hannah  Buck, 
Mehitabel  Deming, 
Prudence  May, 
Abigail  Adams, 
Sarah  Dix, 
Rebecca  Stillman, 
Hannah  Combs, 


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Elizabeth  Becraft, 
Martha  Williams, 
Lewis  Deming, 
Abigail  Wells, 
Keturah  Kilborn, 
Mary  Stillman, 
Martha  Bliss, 
Anne  Montigue, 
Sarah  Williams, 
Prudence  Blin, 
Eunice  Deming, 
Lydia  Crane,  w.  of  J.  C. 
Martha  Stillman, 
Elizabeth  Wliiting, 
Sarah  Stillman, 
Martha  Taylor, 
Crafts  Wright, 
Elisha  Kilborn, 
John  Goodwin, 
Hezekiah  Wells. 

1742. 
Solomon  Belding, 
John  Buckley, 
Elizur  Wright, 
Lydia  Belding, 
Rebecca  Mekins, 
Mahitabel  Robbins, 
Josiah  Robbins, 
Anne  Wickuns, 
Katharine  Buckley, 
Lydia  Blin, 
Sam'l  Latimar, 
Anne  Belding, 
Mary  Buckley, 
Mary  Mounticue, 
Mary  Bordman, 
Sarah  Belding, 
Doraty  Belding, 
Prudence  Williams, 
Mary  Becroft, 
Elizabeth  Couch, 
Mary  Deming, 
Lydia  Deming, 
Jedidiah  Sansborn, 
Elizur  Wright, 
Zachariah  Curtis. 

1743. 
Joannah  Lat  timer, 
Hannah  Kalder, 
Luce  Wright. 
Doraty  Claik,  w.  of  Tho's.  C. 


Jona.  Tryon, 
Nat.  Hurlibut  and  wife, 
Moses  Dix, 
Nathaniel  Goodrich. 

1744. 
William  Wright, 
Elijah  Hurlibut, 
Bennezer  Hale, 
Elisha  Deming. 

1746. 
John  Benton, 
Sam'l  May. 

1747. 
Nathaniel  Benton, 

1748. 
Sam'l  Treat, 
Sam'l  Goodrich, 
Nathaniel  Stilman, 
Charles  Goodrich, 
Jacob  Dix. 

1749. 
Josiah  Curtis, 
Sol.  Deming, 
Joseph  Webb, 
Charles  Whiting, 
Ephraim  Goodrich  and  wife. 

1750. 
James  Curtiss, 
Josiah  Griswold, 
Elisha  Stedman's  wife. 

1751. 
Sam'l  Woolcot,  2d, 
Daniel  Belding  and  wife, 
Ebenezer  Young, 
John  Montague,  and  wife, 
Nathaniel  Wright,  Jr. 
Daniel  Carter  and  wife, 
Joseph  Flowers,  Jr.  and  wife, 
Eleazer  Deming, 
Annah,  w.  of  Josiah  Wells,  2d 

1752. 
Dorothy  Deming,  (widow) 
Anne  Burns, 
Samuel  Francis  and  wife, 

1753. 
Mary  Howard, 
Richard  Montague's  wife, 
Justus  Hale's  wife, 
Zephaniah  Hatch, 
Sarah  Deming.  ' 


IS 


1753. 
Hannah  Belding. 

1754. 
Elisha  Phelps, 
James  Wells  and  wife, 
Thebe  Miller, 
David  Williams  and  wife, 
David  Deming  and  wife, 

IT."-"). 
Jonathan  Dickinson,  Jr. 
Ashbel  Riley  and  wife, 
Jonathan  Dickinson's  wife, 
Benani  Combs, 
Charles  Dix  and  wife, 
Sarah  Dickinson, 
Solomon  Williams  and  wife, 
Thomas  Belding,  Jr.  and  wife. 

1756. 
Hez.  May  and  wife, 
Justus  Stedman  and  wife, 
John  Wells,  Jr.  and  wife, 
John  Griswold  and  wife, 
Josiafa  Wright  and  wife, 
Aaron  Belding  and  wife. 

1757. 
Daniel  Board  man, 
James  Ayrault  and  wife, 
Daniel  Bobbins,  Jr.  and  wife, 
Gideon  Wright  and  wife, 
Cephas  Smith  and  wife, 
Hezekiah  Robbins  and  wife, 
Gershom  Blin, 
Abigail  Deming, 
Elisha  Baxter  and  wife, 
Thomas  Clark, 
John  Buck  and  wife. 

1758. 
Benjamin  Bulkley  and  wife, 
William  Loveman  and  wife, 
Mary  Rhodes, 
Timothy  Hurlbut  and  wife, 
Charles  Francis  and  wife, 
Joshua  Robbins,  3d. 
Joshua  Wells  and  wife. 

1760. 
Wm.  Francis, 
Joseph  Belding  and  wife, 
Camp  Adams  and  wife, 
Daniel  Ayrault  and  wife, 
Charles  Bulkley  and  wife, 


Susannah  Carter,  w.  of  David, 
ThoniasKewson  and  wife. 
1761. 

Othniel  Williams, 
Joseph  Stilnian  and  wife, 
James  Deming  and  wife, 
Sam'l  Cotton  and  wife, 
Titus  Buck  and  wife, 
Gideon  Welles, 
Elisha  Stilnian  and  wife, 
Hosea  Harris  and  wife, 
Benjamin  Adams. 

1762. 
Absalom  Williams  and  wife, 
l'oleg  Coleman  and  wife, 
Ebenezer  Kilby  and  wife, 
Samuel  Buck  and  wife, 
Hannah  Curtiss 

176:?. 
William  Warner.  Jr.  and  wife, 
Cluster  Welles  and  wife. 

1764. 
Josiah  Deming  and  wife, 
Justus  Riley  and  wife. 

1765. 
Samuel  Curtiss,  Jr.  and  wife, 
Alexander  Rhodes  and  wife, 
John  Crane  and  wife, 
Ebenezer  Deming, 
Lucy,  w.  of  Tho's  Dickinson, 
Thomas  Kilby  and  wife, 
Simeon  Jennings  and  wife, 
John  Barns  and  wife. 

1766. 
Timothy  Griswold  and  wife, 
Dr.  Josiah  Hart  and  wife, 
John  Francis  and  wife, 
Nathaniel  Goodrich,  Jr. 
Abijah  Tryon  and  wife, 
John  Renals,  Jr.  and  wife, 
John  Wells. 

1767. 
George  Stanley  and  wife, 
Alexander  Frasier  and  wife, 
Simeon  Belding  and  wife, 
Sam'l  Pierce  and  wife. 

1768. 
Joseph  Butler  and  wife, 
Thomas  Wright  and  wife, 
Allyn  Stilman, 


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Stephen  Willard  and  wife, 
Solomon  Wolcot  and  wife, 
John  Deming  and  wife. 

Received  to  Communion. 
Abigail  Griswold, 


Mary  Lockwood, 
Josiah  Goodrich  and  wife, 
Dr.  Josiah  Hart  and  wife. 

1769. 
Mary  Francis. 


Names  of  those  that  have  hecn  recommended  to  our  com- 
munion from  other  churches. 


1747.  Oct.  5. 

1748.  July  3. 
Aug.  7. 

1752. 
1753. 


1758. 

1761.  Feb.  2. 

1766.  June  1. 

Oct  8. 

1763.  Apr.  3. 

1769.  Oct.  1. 


Rhoda,  w.  of  Josiah  Wells,  from  elm; 

Mrs.  Sarah  Chester,  w.  of  Jno.,         " 

Hannah  Wright,  " 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Wins,  w  of  Col.  W." 
''  Comfort  Coleman,  w.  of  Nat.  C.  " 
"  Sarah  Goodrich,  w.  of  Josiah,     " 

Joua.  Russ  and  wife, 

Mrs.  Sarah  Smith,  w.  of  Israel,  ' 

"  Smith,  w.  of  Jouathan,     " 

"  Welthian  Welles,  w.  of  Gideon,  ' 
<:  Elizabeth  Russel,  w.  of  Jno.  R.   ' 
"  Hannah  Riley,  w.  of  Isaac, 
"  Sarah  Dix,  w.  of  Charles,  ' 

"  Prudence  Stilman,  w.  of  Allyn, 

Hebzibah  Belding,  w.  of  David,         ' 


ch  at  Westfield. 

New  Haven. i 

Stamford.! 

Norwich,  Eng. 

Eastbury. 

do. 

do. 

Hartford.! 

do. 

Newport.! 

'  Simsbury.. 

Gilead. 

;        Kensington. 

Enfield.! 

'  Stepney. 


A  CATALOGUE  OF  THE  MEMBERS, 


as  found   hereby  Da.  Marsh,  Jan.  12,  1774,  all  now  deceased. 


Benj.  Stillman  and  wife 
Hezekiah  May 
John  Rennels 
Jona.  Robbins  and  wife 
Widow  Abraham  Crane 
Widow  Jonathan  Mills 
Mrs.  Ebenezer  Kilby 
Mrs.  Wm.  Warner 
Ebenezer  Belden  &  wife 
Widow  Thomas  Belden 
Mrs.  John  Belden 
Mrs.  Oliver  Tieat 
Josiah  Smith  and  wTife 
Wid.  Nathaniel  Coleman 
Israel  Smith  and  wife 
Mrs.  Silas  Loomis 
Ezeka.  Williams  and  wife 
Elisha  Williams  and  Avile 
Elisha  Deming  and  wife 
Elisha  Treat  and  wife 


Wid.  Col.  John  Chester 
Josiah  Hart  and  wife 
Mrs.  David  Beadle 
Mrs.  David  Belden 
Widow  John  Crane 
James  Barret  and  wife 
Amasa  Adams  and  wife 
Josh.  Robbins  and  wife 
Widow  Tim.  Boardman 
Joseph  Smith  and  wife 
Widow  Maj.  Griswold 
Mrs.  Jacob  Dix 
Mrs.  Charles  Dix 
Widow  Joseph  Richards 
John  Smith  and  wife 
John  Goodrich  and  wife 
Thos.  Hurlbut  and  wife 
Mrs.  Elijah  Hurlbut 
Mrs  Josiah  Wright 
John  Treat 


20 


Mrs.  Edmund  Dorr 
Mrs.  Gapt.  Ayrault 
Widow  Capt.  Nott 
Wid.  Rev.  J.  Lockwood 
Widow  James  Wright 
Widow  John  Pierce 
Thomas  Brigden 
Mrs.  Ephraim  Goodrich 
Mrs.  Samuel  May 
Mrs.  William  Deming 
Wid.  Natk'l  Stillman 
Mrs.  Allyn  Stillman 
Wid.  Jona.  Goodrich 
Thos.  Welles  and  wife 
Ezekiel  Porter  and  wife 
Mrs.  Nathaniel  Stillman 
Samuel  Curtis  and  wife 
Mrs.  John  Woodhouse 
Wid.  Wm  Woodhouse 
Col.  Goodrich  and  wife 
Sol.  Welles  and  wife 
Jos.  Goodrich  and  wife 


John  Welles  and  wife 
Widow  Standish 
Wid.  Joseph  Goodrich 
Natl  Goodrich  and  wife 
Widow  Marvin 
Jon.  Dickenson  and  wife 
Kobert  Francis  and  wife 
Mary  Francis 
Mrs.  Josiah  Welles 
Wait  Welles  and  wife 
Oliver  Deming  and  wife 
Widow  Mary  Welles 
Sam'l  Wolcott  and  wife 
Elisha  Wolcott 
Elish.  Griswold  and  wifc 
Mrs.  Timothy  Baxter 
Mrs.  James  Mitchel.  Jr. 
Widow  Lydia  Blinn 
Abigail  Griswold 
Widow  Doct.  Perrin 
Mrs.  Samuel  Eiley 
Lettuce,  colored  woman 


CHRONOLOGICAL  RECORD 

of  the  names  of  those  who  have  been  admitted  to  full  communion  with 
the  First  Church  of  Christ  in  Wethersfield,  since  the  12th  of  Jan- 
uary, A.  D.  1774. 

Marks  applied  to  all  after  1S00.  All  previous  to  that  date  are  deceased 
or  transferred. 


Those  marked  thus  (*)  are  deceased. 
T  Received  by  letter  from  other  churches. 
Removed  to  other  churches. 


t  Excommunicated. 
c  Clergymen. 
w  Withdrawn. 


1774. 
Mary  Woodhouse 
Sarah  Chester! 
Abigail  Chester 
Thos.  Belden  and  wife 
Anna  Lockwood 
Mrs.  Ebenezer  Balch 
Camp  Adams 
Seth  Wells  and  wife 
Euth  Stoughton 
Mary  May; 
Samuel  May 
Sam'l  Hanmer  and  wife 


Mrs.  Stephen  Willard 
Mrs.  Camp  Adams 
Elijah  Wells  and  wife 
Elizabeth  Hopkins 
Elizabeth  Warner 
John  Chester  and  wife 
Mrs.  Charles  Boardman 
Charles  Boardman 
Mrs.  Joshua  liobbins 
Charles  Boardman 
Mrs.  Thomas  Harris 
Mrs.  Jon.  Dickenson  Jr. 
Mrs.  Charles  Bulklev 


21 


Mrs.  Arrnenal  Mitchell 
Stephen  M.  Mitchell 
Mrs.  Han.  G.  Mitchell 

1775 
Mrs  Josiah  Robbins 
Mrs.  Charles  Francis 
Josiah  Buck 
Tim.  Griswold  and  wife 
Abr'ham  Crane  and  wife 
Mrs.  Joseph  Coombs 
Mrs   Levi  Wright 
Mrs.  Levi  Boardman 
Joseph  Webb 

1/76 
Mrs.  Rev.  John  Marsh 
Mrs  Elisha  Wolcott,  Jr. 
Mrs.  Thos.  Wells  Jr. 
Sarah  Wells 
Mrs.  Ebenezer  Kilby 
Susannah  Dickenson 
Charity  Deming 
Elisha  Wells  and  wife 
Eliz'r  Goodrich  and  wife 

1777 
Martha  Knowles 
Mr.  Samuel  Rose,  Jr. 
Mrs.  James  Knowles 
Deliverance  Deming  and  wife 
Mrs.  Daniel  Warner 
Elizabeth  Mills 

1778 
Wid.  Hannah  Coleman 
Jesse  Churchill 
Mehettable  Dickenson 
Sarah  Simpson 
Mehetabel  Webb 
Lucy  Forbes 

1779 
Elis.  Goodrich  and  wife 
Jos.  Flowers  and  wife 
Josiah  Curtis  and  wife 
Josiah  Francis  and  wife 
Mrs.  Elisha  Wolcott 
Mrs.  Elias  Robbins 

1780 
Mrs.  Josiah  Wright 
Widow  Mary  Williams 

1781 
Mrs.  Alexander  Pluraley 


Mrs.  Joseph  A.  Wright 

1782 
Ozias  Griswold  and  wife 
Annar  Griswold 
Mary  Griswold 
Mrs.  Edward  Bulkley 
Eben.  Wright  and  wife 
Widow  Lydia  Forbes 
Frederick  W.  Hotchkiss 
Mary  Stanley 

1783 
Abigail  Diamond 
Josiah  Robbins 
Bela  Nichols 
Mrs.  Bela  Nichols 
Mrs.  John  Treat 
Jared  Bunce 
Mrs.  Jared  Bunce 
Mrs.  Henry  Deming 

1785 
Mrs.  Elijah  Wright 
Leonard  Dix  and  wife 
Mrs.  Samuel  Boardman 
Emily  Williams 
Harriet  Williams 
1789. 
Hopey  Smith 
Mrs.  John  Wright 
Mrs.  Rev.  Samuel  Mills 
Samuel  W.  Williams 

1787. 
Jonathan  Dalibe 
Mrs.  Gershom  Blinn 
Hannah  Wright 

1788. 
Samuel  Pierce  and  wife 
Frederick  Butler 
Mrs.  Mary  Butler 
Samuel  Wells,  2d 
Mrs.  Leonard  Chester 
Eunice  Williams 
Moses  Tryon  and  Avife 

1789. 
Mrs.  Stephen  Morgan 
Mrs.  Jonathan  Dalibe 

1790. 
Esther  Williams 
Prudence  Williams 
Mrs.  Oliver  Robbins 


22 


Mary  Dillons, 
Mrs.  Seth  Wells, 

1791. 
Marcy  Coombs, 
Martha  Coombs, 
Rebecca  Belden, 

1792. 
Mrs.  i  man, 

Wid.  Catb.  Hurlburt, 
Mrs.  Mehet.  Chadwick, 
James  Adams, 
Widow  Phebe  Horner, 
Imith  and  -wife, 
Mrs.  Elisha  Boardman, 

1793.  _ 
Wj  it  Goodrich  and  wife, 
Widow  Prudence  Wells, 
Eev.  Samuel  Kellogg, 
Mary  Smith, 
Elizabeth  Treat, 
Daii.  Woodhouse  and  wife, 
Thankful  Woodhouse. 
i  1794. 

Rebecca  Brig-den, 
Mrs.  David  Wright, 
Widow  Faith  Wells, 

.        -lick  and  wife, 
Mehetabel  Dorr, 
Sarah  Boardman, 
Keziah  Collins, 
Widow  Anna  Fosdick, 
-V     3S  Deming  and  wife, 

1795. 
Tim.  Stillman  and  wife, 
Samuel  Dorr  and  wife, 
Josiah  Tryon  and  wife, 
Simeon  Stillman, 
Mrs,  Rebecca  Stillman, 
ibb, 
.  James  Hale. 
Mrs.  Thomas  Wells, 
Mrs.  Moses  Montague, 

1796. 
Wid.  Jerusha  Griswold, 
Allyn  Stillman,  2d  &  wife, 
Wi  1.  Samuel  Talcott, 
Widow  Wm.  Fosdick, 

1797. 
Mrs.  Rebec.  Woodhouse, 


Wid.  Mehetable  Hatch, 
Christian  Williams, 
Thankful  Hay  ford, 
Mrs.  John  Montague, 

1798. 
Levi  Butler  and  Wife, 
Elijah  Wright, 
Wm.  Doming  and  Wife, 
John  Bulkley, 
William  Talcott, 
Amelia  Hanmer, 
Timothy  Field, 
Thankful  Blinn, 
Ann  Marsh, 
Mary  Marsh, 

1799. 
Mehetabel  Goodrich, 
Harriet  B.  Webb, 
Mary  S,  Bunce, 
Betsey  Morrison, 
Mrs.  John  Williams, 
Mehetable  Francis, 
Rhoda  Tryon, 
Elizur  Wright, 
Widow  Stephen  Hurlbut, 
Mrs.  Gideon  Wells, 
Mary  F.  Smith, 
Anne  Boardman, 

1800. 

*  Grace  Brigden, 

*  Mrs  Alvin  Montague, 
i  Dennis  Deming, 

*  Mich.  Brigden  and  wife, 

*  Abigail  Goodrich. 

*  Thcs.  Griswold  and  wife, 

1601. 

*  Mrs.  Bezaleel  Latimer, 

*  Mrs.  James  C.  Adams, 
{  Mrs.  Levi  Wells, 

*  Mrs.  William  Rhodes, 
Mrs.  Robert  Robbins, 

*  Widow  George  Goodrich, 

*  Lucy  Curtis, 

*  Isaac  Brown  and  Wife, 

1S02. 

*  Catharine  Deming, 

*  Mrs.  Jared  Bunce, 

*  John  Wiliams, 

*  Mrs.  Simeon  Blinn, 


m 


*  Josiab  Merriman, 

*  Elizabeth  G.  Talcott, 

*  Mrs.  Josiah  Merriman. 

1803. 

*  Mrs.  John  Hurlburt, 

*  Samuel  Wood  house, 

*  Mrs.  Samuel  Woodhouse, 

*  Widow  Joseph  Adams, 

*  Widow  James  Mitchell, 

*  Mrs.  Simeon  Belden, 

*  Mrs.  James  Curtiss, 
Mrs.  Francis  Bulkley, 

*  Geo.  Stillman  and  wife, 

*  Ebenezer  Stillman, 

*  Mrs.  Ebenezer  Stillman, 

*  Simeon  Belden, 

*  Mrs.  Charles  Treat, 

*  John  Warner. 

*  Mrs.  Ozias  Hurlburt. 

*  Benj.  Adams  and  wife, 
w  Mrs.  Peter  P.  Landas. 

1304. 

*  Mary  Kilby, 
Abigail  Marsh, 
Lydia  Marsh, 

*  Elizabeth  B.  Webb, 

*  Frances  C.  Webb, 

*  Mary  Chester, 

*  Mary  Deming, 

*  Sophia  Deming, 
t   Harriet  Deming. 

*  Mrs.  Levi  Deming. 

1805. 

*  Win.  Read  and  wife, 
t  Meketable  Williams, 
w  Harriet  Williams, 

*  John  Smith  and  wife, 

*  Mrs.  William  Goodrich, 
X  Mrs.  Thomas  Mygatt, 

1806. 

*  Widow  Ebenezer  Wright, 
J*  Horace  W.  Bulkley, 

*  Harriet  Belden, 

*  Elizabeth  Chester, 

*  Mrs.  Stephen  Chester, 

*  Mary  Willard, 

*  Widow  Joseph  Crane, 

*  Huldah  Doming, 

*  Josiah  Willard, 

*  Mrs.  Josiab  Willard, 


t  John  Kilby, 

*  Mrs.  John  Kilby, 

*  Charles  Dix, 

*  Abner  Mosely  and  wife, 

*  Mrs.  Ebenezer  Bingham, 
X  Hannah  Mitchell. 

1807. 

*  Mrs*.  Curtis  Crane, 

*  Levi  Wells,  Jr., 
Kosseter  Wells, 

*  Mrs.  Simeon  Griswold, 

*  Rebecca  Mitchell, 

*  Sophia  Chester, 

*  Elisha  Boardman, 

*  Mrs.  John  Loveland, 
^  Sarah  Deming, 

\  Laura  Boardman, 
\  James  L.  Belden, 
X  Prudence  Hanmer, 

*  Mrs.  James  May. 

1808. 

*  Calvin  Dodge, 

*  Elijah  Crane  and  wife, 
|  Mrs.  Simeon  Riley, 

*  Anna  Baxter, 

*  Lucy  Smith, 

*  Miriam  Ackley, 

*  Widow  Josiah  Buck, 

*  Jacob  Dix  and  wife, 

*  Mrs.  James  Treat, 

*  Mary  Talcott, 

*  Joseph  Talcott, 

*  Widow  Daniel  Buck, 

*  Samuel  Churchill, 

*  Widow  Daniel  Ayrault, 
?r  Nancy  Woodhouse, 

X  Harriet  Brigden, 
X  Lydia  Prudden. 
1809. 
X  Emily  Williams, 
X  Elizabeth  Williams, 
X  Piudence  Parsons, 

*  Ezekiel  P.  Belden, 
X  Abigail  Belden, 

I  Elizabeth  Belden, 

*  Mrs.  John  Palmer, 
Prudence  W.  Treat, 

*  Jonathan  Wells  and  wife. 

1810. 
X  Maria  Chester, 


24 


te  Emily  Woodhouse, 
Lucy  Woodhouse. 
1811. 

*  Widow  Ebenezer  Riley, 

*  Mrs.  Abraham  Crane, 

*  Josiah  Curtiss  and  wife, 

*  Mrs.  Kev.  Nathaniel  Dwigbt, 

*  Matthew  Riley, 

*  Mary  P.  Butler, 

*  Charlotte  Butler, 

*  Amelia  Webb, 

*  Ann  Goodrich, 

T  Josiah  Curtiss  and  -wife, 
1812. 

*  Joseph  Haumer, 

*  Elizabeth  Deming, 

*  Mrs.  Robert  Robbins, 
Mrs.  Joseph  Wells, 

t   Electa  Porter. 

1613. 

*  Sylvester  'Wells, 
t  Mary  Williams, 

*  Martha  Wright, 
Jane  Mvgatt. 

1814. 

*  Mrs.  Ebenezer  Kilby, 

*  Mrs.  John  Loveland, 
X  Harriet  Mitchell, 

*  Joseph  Stillman. 

*  Mrs.  Joseph  Stillman, 
Sarah  W.  Stillman, 

X  Amelia  Stillman, 

*  Julia  Stillman, 

*  Zechariah  Larkin, 
Mrs.  Zechariah  Larkin, 

*  Israel  Goodrich, 
Sarah  Hudson, 

|  Sally  Cone, 
X  Sally  Curtiss, 
%  Honor  F.  Bulkley, 
\  Mary  Stillman, 

*  Abigail  Wiiliams, 
X  Roger  Clark, 

*  George  Francis, 

*  Mrs.  George  Francis, 

*  Asa  S.  Bailey, 

*  Huldah  Hale, 

*  Sarah  Hale, 
Nancy  Deming, 
\  Sarah  Wells, 


w  Martha  R.  Montague, 
X  Mary  Crane, 

*  Abigail  P.  Butler, 
X  MaryWrells, 

to  Nancy  Sheldon, 
X  Josiah  W.  Bristol, 
+  Josiah  Smith, 
c  John  Smith, 

*  Hannah  Woodhouse, 

*  Mrs  John  Butler, 

*  Mrs.  Isaac  Goodrich, 

*  Mrs.  Simeon  Goodrich, 

*  Elisha  Robbins. 

*  Mrs.  Elisha  Robbins, 

*  Mary  Robbins, 

*  Barzillai  D.  Buck, 

X  Mrs.  Barzillai  D   Buck, 
w  Christopher  Watson, 
t  Joseph  Goodrich, 

*  Moses  Church, 

X  William  D.  Riley, 

*  Mrs.  Moses  Griswold, 
Rebecca  B.  Woodhouse, 

*  Mary  C.  Rose, 
Rhoda  S.  Wright, 

*  Sarah  N.  Wolcott, 
Emily  Butler, 
Abigail  Butler, 

*  Lucy  Covil, 
Sarah  Hanmer, 

*  Walter  Curtiss, 

X  Elizabeth  Curtiss, 
X  Julia  Curtiss, 

*  Widow  Levi  Boardman, 
t  Roxana  Bunce, 

*  Lydia  S.  Newson, 
\  Sarah  Williams, 

*  Anne  Williams, 
Nancy  Wright, 

J*  Mary  Goodrich, 
X*  Laura  Robbins, 
Henry  Robbins, 
X  Emily  Talcott, 
X  Betsey  Loveland, 

*  Frances  Williams, 
X  Judith  Wells, 

X  Lydia  J.  R.  W^ells, 
X  Sally  Wells, 
t  Harriet  Wells, 

*  Abigail  Wells, 


25 


Mary  Ann  Morgan, 
Romania  Wells, 
%  Dudley  Wells, 

*  Chauncey  Clarke, 

*  Ebenezer  W.  Riley, 

*  Harriet  Butler, 

*  William  Willard, 
Mrs.  William  Willard, 
X  Sarah  W.  Warner, 

*  Hetty  Buck, 
Davis  Morris. 

1815. 
X  Mrs.  Hannah  Belden, 

*  Widow  William  Hale, 
X  Caroline  M.  Lattinier, 

|  Julia  Belden, 
X  Mary  Thrasher, 

*  Mary  Curtiss, 
Cynthia  Wells, 

1816. 

*  Mrs.  Edward  Shepard, 

*  Mrs.  Nathaniel  Goodrich, 
X  Henry  Dickenson, 
William  Chester,  D.  D. 

*  Joseph  Boardman, 

*  Mrs.  Joseph  Boardman, 
Ann  Woodhouse, 

Sarah  Pettes, 

*  James  Francis, 
James  H.  Francis, 
Samuel  Galpra  and  wife, 

*  Joshua  Goodrich, 

*  Mrs.  George  Wells. 

1817. 

*  Mrs.  John  Williams, 

X  Elizabeth  R.  Lattimer, 

*  Simeon  Hale, 

*  Widow  Luke  Fortune, 

*  Widow  Salmon  North, 
Widow  Jacob  Seber, 

*  Sarah  Hurlburt, 

*  Elizabeth  Deming, 

1818. 

*  Abigail  Winship, 
t  Henry  Smith, 

*  Sarah  Chester, 
Mrs.  Samuel  Blinn, 

*  Joseph  Goodrich, 

*  Jason  Butler, 
Mrs.  Jason  Butler, 


Mrs.  Henry  Wells, 
Mrs.  Robert  W.  Warner, 
Mrs.  Abraham  Skaats, 
X  Elizabeth  Haskell, 

*  Clarissa  Butler, 
Harriet  Stoddard, 

*  Widow  Prince  Draper, 
Widow  Michael  Brigden, 
Elizabeth  Woodhouse, 

w  Jane  Riley. 

1819. 
w  Mr.  Solomon  Williams, 
Julia  Boardman, 
X  Lavinia  Morgan, 
t  Betsey  Belden, 

*  Widow  Hosea  Bl  inn, 

*  Mrs.  Allen  Deming, 

*  Mrs.  Thomas  Curtiss, 

*  Levi  Churchill, 

*  Mrs.  Levi  Churchill, 
Mrs.  Levi  B.  Churchill, 
to  Sarah  Clark, 
Jerusha  North, 

*  Catharine  Barnum, 

*  Jared  Harrison. 

1820. 

*  Mrs.  Jenette  Griswold, 

*  Mary  Blinn. 

Mrs.  Joshua  Robbins, 

*  Huldah  Adams, 

*  Mrs.  Elisha  Wells, 

*  Mrs  Joseph  Curtiss, 

*  Mrs.  Walter  Wells, 
Widow  Samuel  Wodhouse,  Jr. 

*  Mrs.  James  Griswold, 

*  Joseph  Curtiss, 
Caroline  Loveland, 

*  Mrs.  Isreal  Goodrich, 

*  Walter  Weils, 

*  Mrs.  James  Wright, 

*  Widow  Moses  Rhodes, 
i  Elizabeth  Wells. 

Mrs.  Nathan  Pelt  on, 
w  Simeon  Stillman,  Jr. 
Sduthmayde  Stillman, 
Catharine  Brigden, 

*  Mrs.  Roswel'l  Carter. 

1821. 

*  Mehetable  Morse, 

*  Martha  Williams, 


26 


•^Timothy  Russell, 

*  Elisha  Williams, 
Tryphena  Wells, 

*  Theodore  Harrison, 

*  Tin  is.  Havens  and  wife. 

*  George  Abby, 

J  alius  (  rrisWOld, 

*  Mrs,  James  Griswold, 
George  Wells 

t  Royal  Wells 

j  Horace  Wells 
t  Sullivan  Hulnian 
t  John  Griswold,  Jr. 
tc  Rhoda  Wolcott 
t  William  T.  Cutter 

*  Widow  Justus  Griswold 
Mrs.  Manna  Woodhouse 
Rhoda  Bobbins 

t  Hannah  Belden 

*  Elizabeth  Butler 
Julia  Ann  Butler 

|  Fanny  Stillman 
j*  Eliza  Stillman 

*  Jerusha  Stillman 
X  Laura  Stillman 

w  Eliza  Woodhouse 

*  Wealthy  Clark 
Lucy  Wells 
Harriet  Risley 

*  Eunice  Boardman 

*  Mrs.  Martha  De  Witt 
Sarah  Woodhouse 
Harriet  Woodhouse 
Mrs.  Manning  Beadle 

X  Betsey  Larkin 
I  Martha  Stillman 
w  Mehetabel  Ilurlburt 
X   Anna  Butler 

*  Robert  Warner  and  wife 

*  Selah  Barrett 

*  Mrs.  Selah  Barrett 

*  Benjamin  Weeks 
Mrs.  Benjamin  Weeks 

*  John  Loveland 

*  Joseph  Wells 
Abraham  Skaats 

xc  William  Woodhouse 
Levi  B.  Churchill 

*  Walter  Francis 

t  Manna  Woodhouse 


w  James  Fearce 

t  Loring  W.  Crittenden 

ic  Samuel  W.  Clark 

*  Widow  Frederick  Fuller 

*  Mrs.  James  Francis 

*  Mrs.  Levi  Butler 

*  Mrs,  Francis  Stillman 

*  Abigail  Warner 
Huldah  Hanmer 

*  Mrs.  James  Burnham 

*  Mary  Warner 
Hannah  Heifford 
Mrs.  Levi  Blinn 

*  Mrs.  Ebenezer  Wright 

*  Mrs.  William  Bradley 

*  Sally  Filey 

*  Eunice  Wells 

jc  Sally  Boardman 

*  Jerusha  G.  Churchill 
Eebecca  Churchill 

*  Sophia  Barrett 
X  Lucy  Barrett 
Mary  P.  Belden 
Huldah  W.  Warner 
Anne  B.  Warner 

*  Mrs.  James  J.  Weeks 
X  Julia  Bobbins 

t  Sarah  S.  Larkin 
t*  Abigail  Robbins 
X*  Adeline  M.  Butler 
w  Eunice  B.  Butler 
w  Elizabeth  M.  Mygatt 

*  Amelia  Taleott 
\  Mabel  Wells 

i  Mary  Ann  Morgan 
X  Julia  Ann  Latimer 
X  Maria  Griswold 

*  Nathaniel  Stillman 

*  Simeon  Blinn 

*  Henry  Wells 

*  Frederick  Bulkley 

*  Mrs.  Frederick  Bulkley 
William  A.  Havens 

+  Humphrey  Woodhouse 
Mis.  Humphrey  Woodhouse 
X   Ezekiel  Williams 
X  Samuel  L.  Crane 
X  Almirin  Loomis 
tr  Chauncey  Hardin 
Joseph  Wells,  Jr. 


27 


t  John  F.  Willard 

*  Widow  Joshua  Cone 

*  Widow  William  Woodhouse 

*  Mrs.  John  Rose 

*  Widow  Aaron  Warner 

*  Mrs.  George  Abby 
Mrs  William  Smith 

*  Mary  Barrett 

w  Widow  John  Packard 
|  Mrs.  Gurdon  H.  Montague 

*  Catharine  Buck 
t  Laura  Buck 
Lucy  Hanmer 

w  Esther  Rice 
Mary  Rob  bins 
Naucy  Havens 
t*  Nancy  Crane 
t  Hannah  Webb 
j  Sarah  Smith 
Rebecca  A.  Woodhouse 
t  Julia  Woodhouse 

*  Laura  Wells 
t  Mary  Wells 

X  Pamela  Wrells 

*  William  Wolcott 
William  Smith 

*  Henry  Stevens 
Horace  Wolcott 

to  Timothy  Griswold,  2d 
Thomas  Griswold,  Jr. 
t  Oliver  Robbins 
X  Joseph  Loveland 
J*  Silas  Butler 
w  John  A.  Dwight 

*  Robert  Robbins,  Jr. 
J  Edward  Bulkley 

J  Henry  Mygatt 
t  George  Robbins 
J  James  Curtis 

*  Harvey  Wells 

*  Mrs.  John  Goodrich 

*  Widow  John  Standish 

*  Mrs.  James  Fortune 

*  Mary  Flint 

X  Mrs.  Perry  Smith 

*  Mrs.  Samuel  Griswold 
Widow  Horace  Wright 

*  Widow  Thomas  N.  Williams 

*  Martha  Barrett 
Mrs.  George  Butler 


X  Mrs.  Henry  Treat 
Fanny  Adams 
Frances  Wright 
Emily  Blinn 
Mary  Woodhouse 
Laura  Woodhouse 
Celia  Talcott 
Rebecca  Loveland 
t  Nancy  Webb 
Mehetable  Griswold 
w  Martha  Curtis 

*  Grace  Camp 

*  John  Butler 

X  Gurdon  H.  Montague 
X  Sluman  Wells  and  wife 
\  Mrs.  Roger  Clark 

*  Mary  Williams 
Mary  Woodhouse 
Harriet  Crane 
Clarissa  Stillman 

*  William  Goodrich 
William  Wright 
James  Smith,  Jr. 
Albert  Hale 

*  Widow  John  Woodhouse 
Mrs.  George  Rhodes 

w  Emeline  Hills 

*  Horace  Wells 

*  Mrs.  Horace  Wells 
X  Mrs.  Josiah  Smith 

*  Wealthy  Willard 

*  Hannah  Griswold 

*  Clarissa  Francis 
X  Martha  duller 

w  Abigail  Montague 

*  Mary  Wells 
X  Ann  Buck 

*  Mrs.  John  Harris 

*  Huldah  S.  Waterbury 
X  Mille  Smith 

*  Mary  Montague 

*  Widow  Hannah  Woodhouse 
Mary  Ann  Butler 

*  Ann  Montague 
Amelia  Stoddard 
Rhoda  Goodrich 

*  Mrs.  Selah  Rhodes 

1822. 

*  Solomon  S.  Williams 

*  Lydia  Moulton 


28 


to  Asa  Andrews 

*  Rossiter  Robbins 

w  Mrs.  Rossiter  Robbins 
|  Mrs.  Fontaine  Raphel 

1823. 
X  William  Guild  and  wife 

*  Mrs.  Rev.  C.  J.  Tenney 
Mary  Ann  Wells 

w  Juliana  Thrasher 
TT  Sarah  H.  Goodwin 
1824. 

*  Otis  Storrs 

1825. 

*  Rev.  Jos.  Emerson  and  wife 
Mrs.  James  Smith 

Mrs.  Hezekiah  Butler 
J  826, 

*  Joseph  Adnms 
Widow  Eli  Stoddard 
t  Mary  A  Clark 

j  Julia  S.  Bacon 
Mrs.  Winthrop  Buck 

*  William  Parsons 
w  Orin  Cook 

w  Jerusha  Griswold 
$  Francis  W.  Stillman 
j  Mrs.  James  R.  West 

*  Nancy  Emerson 

X  Caroline  F.  Chapman 
Erastus  F.  Cook 
J  Joseph  B.  Brainerd 
t  Peter  D.  Stillman 
j  Edward  Shepard 
|  Julia  Ann  Robbins 
X  Martha  G.  Robbins 
Sarah  Ann  Stillman 
X  Sarah  Butler 
Harriet  Mosely 
w  Frances  Wood 

*  Eliza  Crane 

X  Nancy  Latimer 

*  Louisa  Raphel 
t  Elijah  Reach 
Rev.  Loren  Robbins 
Wells  Adams 

X  Jerome  Wheat 
j  Daniel  A  Shepard 
X  Thomas  N.  Wells 
Rev.  Alfred  Emerson 

*  Lucy  Harris 


Clarissa  L.  Adams 
Sarah  Havens 

*  Harriet  Riley 
X  Mary  Shepard 

1827. 
X  Ar.nah  Stillman 
Lucy  Ann  Hanmer 
i  Hannah  K.  Larkins 
Mary  W.  Griswold 
X  Nancy  D.  Blinn. 
Samuel  Wells 

*  Mrs.  Samuel  Wells 
X*  Mrs.  James  Treat 
Hannah  G.  Chester 

*  Julia  B.  Chester 

*  Mary  N.  Wolcott 
X  Caroline  Carter 

j  Lucy  Francis 
Jerusha  Wells 
w  Francis  Haughton 
w  Elizabeth  Arnold 
George  Stillman, 

*  Mrs.  George  Stillman 
Sarah  W  Griswold 

X  Esther  W.  Griswo  d 
X  Mrs  Rachel  Havens 
1828. 

*  Hannah  Griswold 

1829. 
X  Amos  Pillsbury 
1  Mrs.  Martin  Wells 
Charles  Francis,  Jr. 
Mrs.  Samuel  Dix 

*  Widow  John  Willard 

*  Mary  Willard 

X  Emeline  Griswold 
X  Elizabeth  Barber 
X  Margaret  Barber 
1830. 

*  Edward  West 

*  Widow  Moses  Griswold 
X  John  C.  Pillsbury 

*  George  Rhodes,  Jr. 

1831. 
w  Abigail  Hurlburt 

*  Widow  Samuel  Buck 

*  Mrs.  Hosea  Harris 

*  Clarissa  Wright 

*  Abraham  Crane 
George  Rhodes 


29 


*  Richard  Robbins 

J  George  Yuran  and  wife 
X  Charles  Clapp 

*  Roswell  Dix 
Mrs.  Roswell  Dix 
Josiah  Robbins 

X  William  Crittendon 
John  Loveland,  Jr. 
John  Wells 

*  Francis  H.  Talcott 
w  Martin  Kibby 

X  Sylvester  Williams 
X  Nathan  Cook 
X  George  Francis,  Jr. 
X  Caleb  J.  Tenny 
Mrs.  Josiah  Griswold 
|  Lucy  Yuran 

*  Mrs.  Josiah  Rhodes 
Sarah  Talcott 

*  Elizabeth  H.  Seber. 
X  Sarah  W.  Blinn 

X  Charlotte  H.  Russell 
Mary  W.  Wolcott 
Mabel  13.  Griswold 
w  Martha  R.  Montague 
X  Ruth  C.  Tenny 
t  William  Talcott 

*  John  Stillman,  2d 
X  Selah  Belden 
Henry  Hanmer 

*  Henry  Bailey 

X  Josiah  Curtiss,  Jr, 
X  Horace  Stillman 

*  Rhoda  Belden 
X  Maria  Curtiss 
X  Mary  Warner 

X  Laura  Warner 

*  Hepzibah  Porter 
X  Harriet  Blinn 

w  Mary  Carter 
X  Sarah  Pratt 
X  Mary  E.  Niles 
Franklin  W.  Griswold 
Josiah  Buck 

*  Martha  Stillman 
Nancy  Hanmer 

X  Ellen  Emerson 
X  Mary  W.  Adams 
]832. 

*  Mrs.  Daniel  Deming 


Lucy  Blinn 

*  Mary  Wolcott 

X  Charlotte  S.  De  Witt 
Hannah  D.  Buck 
X  Lois  Belden 
X  Sarah  Blackstone 
18,33. 

*  Electa  Belden 

*  Chester  Bulk'ey 

*  Rhoda  Belden 

*}  Mrs.  Dr.  Arch.  Welch 

*  Mary  T.  Welch 

1834. 
t  Sarah  Wells 
Prudence  Fortune 
Harriet  Montague 
Sarah  B.  Adams 

*  Thomas  Havens 
Mrs.  Thomas  Havens 
Mrs.  William  Robbins 
Julia  Ann  Willard 
Prudence  Rhodes 

X  Uliza  Wells 
w  Mary  S.  Riley 

*  Mrs.  William  Adams 
Emily  Adams 

X  Jane  Griswold 

*  Widow  Aziel  Adams 
Miles  Adams  and  wife 
Chauncey  Adams 
Mrs.  Horace  Adams 
Leonard  R.  Wells 

*  Lucia  W.  Woodward 
Mrs.  Leonard  R.  Wells 

1835. 

*  Mrs.  Wm.  Crittendon 
IT  Grace  P  Stanton 

X  Mrs.  Amos  Pillsbury 

Julia  Wells 

Mrs.  Justus  Griswold 

183G. 
X  John  F.  Willard  and  wife 

1838. 
X  Mrs.  Rev.  R.  Southgate 
X  Mrs.  Albro  Griswold 
X  Alfred  Wilcox  and  wife 
X  Thomas  Adams 
X  John  B.  Wells 
X  Albert  Wells 
X  Levi  Wells 


30 


;Cbauncey  Rhodes 
David  Skaats 
Henry  Lockwood 
J  Mrs.  Henry  Newbury 
Mrs.  Osmond  Harrison 
*JMrs.  Allen  Bulkley 
Ann  Tryon 
Pbila  Carew 
Maria  Crane 
Clarissa  Wells 

*  Emily  Curtiss 

*  Lavinia  Curtiss 
Hannah  Hanmer 
Caroline  Rhodes 
Martha  Butler 

t  Mary  M.  Buck 
Martha  Griswold 
X  Jane  Bulkley 

*  Susan  Griswold 
X*  Caroline  Galpin 
Julia  Bulkley 

ic  Sarah  T.  Dickinson 
^Elizabeth  Thrasher 
Julia  Wright 
X  Emeline  Wells 
j  Frances  Wells 
|  Amelia  Ann  Riley 
X  Nancy  Wells 
Martha  Wells 

*  Sophia  E.  Williams 
Martha  A.  Buck 

*  Martha  D.  Stillman 
X  Eunice  Wells 

If  Mrs.  Richard  Robbins 

1839. 
X  Jane  Eastman 
Mrs.  Ashbel  Robertson 

*  Lucy  B.  Griswold 
Elizabeth  D.  Butler 
X  Mary  Wetherell 

X  Clarissa  Coolidge 
Justus  Griswold 

*  Moses  Morris 

|  Lawson  Coolidge 
t  Loren  H.  Robbins 
%  William  Willard 
X  Henry  B.  Rhoades 
Honor  G.  Hanmer 
X  Margaret  Rutherford 
Lucy  Loveland 


X  Hannah  Griswold 
Sarah  B.  Skaats 
1  Lydia  Goff 
ic  Sally  Ann  Griswold 
Stanley  Griswold 
{Thomas  H.  Wells 

*  Widow  Justus  Riley 
Hannah  Griswold 
Mabel  Churchill 
Maria  Coleman 

X  Cornelia  Montague 

*  Harriet  Russell 

IF  Mrs.  Sylvester  May 

*  Clarissa  Weldon 

J  Catharine  S.  Mitchell 
1[  Hannah  Stanton 
J  Abigail  Harlow 

1840. 
IF  Sarah  Woodhouse 

*  Nancy  Hale 

1841. 

*  Robert  W.  Warner 
X  Archibald  Welch 

*  Abraham  Crane,  Jr. 
w  Henry  S.  Stanton 
Samuel  R.  Welles 
Henry  Welles,  Jr. 
Silas  W.  Robbh  s 

t  Isreal  S.  Welles 
w  John  Hamilton 
Sarah  Adams 
Chauncey  Robbins 

*  Galen  C.  Walker 

*  William  B.  Clark 
Simeon  Hale.  Jr. 

id  Nathan  C.  Dickenson 
Francis  N.  Welles 
X  John  Welles 
Justus  W.  Griswold 
Richard  A,  Robbins 
Maria  Francis 
Mary  W.  Wolcott 
Sarah  N.  Wolcott 
Mary  Ann  Latimer 
X  Nancy  G.  Welles 
Sarah  Dix 
Julia  Ann  Blinn 
Mary  G.  Welles 
Martha  V.  Welles 
Sophia  S.  Smith 
*7 


31 


\  Lois  C.  Pillsbury 
w  Amelia  R.  Webster 
X  Mary  D.  Williams 
Elizabeth  B.  Williams 
X  Martha  Adams 

*  Hannah  Willard 
Harriet  Welles 

|  Jeannette  Griswold 

1842. 
w  Martin  Porter 
X  Henry  A.  Stillman 
ic  Lewis  M.  Stillman 
IT  Nancy  Lockwood 

*  Mrs.  Ebenezer  Stillman 
f  Sarah  P.  Hillhouse 

]843 
w  Mary  Ann  Wright 
1  Dolly  Cowdrey 
Horace  Savage 
Ashbel  Wells 
iv  Edmund  Crane 
to  William  Hale 
James  S.  Griswold 
X  Wait  R  Griswold 
X  Albert  C.  Griswold 
John  Hale 
Charles  Wolcott 
X  Moses  Welch 
w  Archibald  K.  Welch 
X  Walter  C.  Butler 

*  Rossiter  Wells,  Jr. 
X  Horace  C.  Havens 
w  Elizabeth  Hurlburt 
Lucy  Francis 
Mercy  Ann  Adams 

1843. 
Harriet  Roberts 
Marv  Ann  Wells 

*  Anna  W.  Bulkley 
X  Cornelia  Blinn 
Elizabeth  Blinn 
Abigail  Hubbard 
Emily  B.  Havens 
Elizabeth  R.  Havens 
t  Sarah  B.  Wells 
Martha  Francis 

w  Joseph  T.  Havens 

*  John  Palmer 
Elizabeth  T.  Crane 
Joseph  Wright 


Mabel  Wright 
George  Butler 
Laura  Butler 
Jason  Butler 
Emeline  Butler 
X  Julius  Nott 
X  Edward  Nott 
George  L.  Wells 
James  Butler,  2d 
X  Joseph  F.  Goodrich 
w  Elizabeth  P.  Goodrich 

1843. 
w  Lucy  Buck 
X  Elizabeth  S.  Stillman 
X  Maria  Wells 
Lucy  L.  Woodhouse 
Adaline  I.  Woodhouse 
Rossiter  R.  Montague 
ic  Russel  Havens 

*  William  K.  Bond 
w  Catharine  Broadbent 

*  Mary  Jane  Russell 
|  Sophia  Palmer 
X  Fanny  Henry 

1844. 
X  Chaun.  G.  Griswold  ) 
X  Ruth  Griswold  $ 

1845. 
Mary  M.  Ayrault 

*  James  Griswold,  Jr. 

1846. 
X  Eliza  L\  Tucker 
X  Martha  Y.  Tucker 
IT  Elizabeth  Tucker 

*  James  Whiton 
X  Debora  Whiton 
|  Gertrude  Ann  Whiton 
IT  Sarah  R.  Coleman 

TT  Catharine  Belden 

X  Rhoda  F.  Wells 

Eunice  E.  Deming 

X  Eliza  Adams 

Jane  H.  Skaats 

X  Solomon  Griswold  and  wife 

Samuel  Woodhouse       ) 

Mary  Ann  Woodhouse  5 

Rowena  A.  Morgan 

Hannah  Blinn 

*  Martha  A  Churchill 
Mary  C.  Churchill 


X  James  H.  Hurlburt 

1847. 
Thomas  W.  Robbins 
X  Frances  Ann  Stillman 
X  Carissa  A.  Welch 
|  David  Hills 
T  Albert  Galpin         ) 
f  Esther  M.  Galpin  S 
w  Julia  Ann  Griswold 
\  Wait  R.  Griswold   r 

*  Piera  L.  Griswold  ) 
If  Elisha  Johnson 
IF  Hannah  Johnson 
IF  Sophia  Cushman 
J  James  M.  Talcott 
j  Amanda  Talcott 

1848. 
J  Roswell  R.  Buck 
Elizabeth  Stillman 
w  Laura  J.  Brewer 
Charlotte  Buck 
Martin  S.  Griswold 
t  Joseph  W.  Griswold 
j:  Frederick  B.  Brigham 

*  Roxana  Cadwell 

1849. 
IF  Abner  S.  Warner  and  wife 
Ann  M.  Fox 
Stephen  M.  Wells 
Emily  H.  Wells 

1850. 
Catharine  Buck 

*  Asenath  Fortune 

\  Wm.  G  Bartholomew 
j  Jose.  L  Bartholomew 

1851. 
^F  Eliza  A.  Robbins 
%  Clinton  Warner 
{  Sarah  Wells 

1852. 
Amasa  Cadwell 
X  Isaac  N.  Wells 
Lucy  Francis 
X  Mary  Goodrich 
X  Li  lias  M.  Monroe 
IF  Lucy  B.  Wells 
IF  Rebecca  D.  Lockwood 
*1F  Nancy  Adams 

1853. 
IF  Eliza  A.  Williams 


1854. 
IT  William  Willard 
IF  Jane  E.  Willard 
If  Catharine  E.  Bulkley 

1855. 
X  Mary  M'Loy 

1856. 
IF  Aaron  L.  Curtis 
IF  Mrs.  A.  L.  Curtis. 

1857. 
IF  Sarah  C.  Wells 
IF  Elizabeth  A.  Wells 
IF  Levi  Stillman 
IF  Abigail  C.  Stillman 
IF  Isabella  Stillman 
IF  Theodore  B.  Rogers 
IF  Mrs.  T.  B.  Rogers 
T.  Newton  Griswold 
Charles  F.  Griswold 
t  Edward  P.  Griswold 
P.  Clinton  Griswold 
Edwin  M.  Havens 
Mary  Ann  Griswold 
E.  Augusta  Griswold 
Mary  C.  Adams 
Sarah  J.  Avery 
Fanny  A.  Harris 
Martha  B.  Stillman 
Mary  C.  Stillman 
Ellen  E.  Wells 
E.  Theresa  Blinn 
Ann  Ford 
X  Bessy  Damary 
Sarah  Damary 
Eliza  Griswold 
Hannah  M.  Hale 
Huldah  S.  Havens 
Francis  A.  Cadwell 
Jeannette  W.  Butler 
Ellen  M.  Griswold 
Hannah  C.  M'Cullum 
Elizabeth  Shepard 
Lucy  W.  Griswold 
Adeline  M.  Willard 
A.  Louise  Rogers 
Thomas  H.  Elfred 
X  Jabez  K.  Comstock 
Henry  A.  Lyon 
X  Abraham  Skaats,  Jr. 
John  D.  Knapp 


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Eoswell  Fox 
Eobert  B.  Robbins 
Henry  Buck 
Samuel  Wolcott 
James  M.  Morrow 
Henry  Ford 
Eugene  Adams 
Adelaide  A.  Goodwin 
±  Eliza  V.  Skaats 
Mary  E.  Robbins 
Julia  Ann  Wells 
Catharine  L.  Wells 
Sarah  Knapp 
Louisa  Adams 
Elizabeth  Hale 
Mary  C.  Morgan 
Mary  Wells 
Frances  Griswold 
Edward  Shepard 
Chauncey  Coleman 
Augustus  Webster 
Henry  Case 
Alfred  R.  Adams 
Timothy  C.  Dix 
Daniel  W.  Frencis 
Charles  H.  Sanford 
Urania  Webster 
Elizabeth  C.  Case 


Margaretta"J.  Adams 
Fanny  C.  Robbins 
Caroline  D.  Hale 
Mary  Wells 

1858. 
Matthew  Francis 
Samuel  W.  Morris 
E.  Wolcott  Wells 
Jane  C.  Francis 
Ann  Elizabeth  Holcomb 
William  Damary 
Miary  Ann  Murphy 
Sophia  Jane  Robbins 

1859. 
Mrs.  J.  W.  Griswold 
Mary  Griswold 
Mary  Ann  Cornwell 
Wlliam  Henry  Adams 
If  Stephen  M.  Chester 
T  Henry  A.  Stillman 
IT  Mrs.  Henry  A,  Stillman 
IT  Lucy  P.  Colton 

1860. 
Fanny  Stanton 
Jane  T.  Stanton 
Mrs.  Margaret  0.  Goodrich 
Martha  A.  Griswold 


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FORM   OF   ADMISSION. 

[The  public  reception  of  members  into  the  communion  of  the  church  takes 
place  just  before  the  celebration  <>f  the  Lord's  Supper,  and  immediately  after  the 
Bermon  preceding  that  ordinance.  The  candidates,  as  their  names  arc  called, 
present  themselves  in  front  of  the  pulpit,  and  are  addressed  by  the  Pastor  as 
follows,] 

You,  who  present  yourself  in  this  public  manner,  are  now  with  all 

your  heart  and  with  all  your  soul,  to  enter  into  solemn  covenant  with 
God  and  this  church: 

Admiring  the  infinite  condescension  and  grace  of  God  in  opening  a 
door  of  life  and  salvation  for  perishing  sinners,  through  the  mediation 
and  death  of  Jesus  Christ,  together  with  a  sense  of  your  own  great  un- 
worthiness ;  you  do  now  make  choice  of  the  living  God  for  your  God ; 
of  God,  the  Father,  for  your  Father;  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  his 
only  begotten  Son,  for  your  Lord  and  Saviour;  of  the  Holy  Ghost 
for  your  Sanctifier  and  Comforter,  and  of  the  word  of  God  for  the  rule 
of  your  life  and  practice. 

And  you  do  dedicate  and  give  up  yourself  to  God,  to  be  only  his;  to 
be  guided  by  his  spirit;  to  be  ruled  by  his  laics ;  to  be  disposed  of  by 
his  providence,  and  to  be  eternally  saved  in  the  gospel  way;  promising 
by  the  help  of  Christ,  (without  which  you  can  do  nothing.)  that  you 
xcill  lire  soberly,  righteously,  and  godly,  all  your  days. 

Attend  now  to  the 

CONFESSION    OF    FAITH. 
You  believe  there  is  one*  self-oxistent,t  independent!  and  eternal^ 
God;  who  possess*  s  infinite  perfection,  excellency  and  glory ;|  who  is 
the  Creator,H  Preserver,**  and  Governor  of  the  anivere 

*  Dent,  fi  :  4  :  Isaiah  45  :  22 ;  Mark  12  :  32.  t  Exodus  3  :  14.  {  Dan.  4  :  35  ; 
Bph.  1  :  11  :  1'hil.  2  :  13.     §  Psalm  90  :  2;    IU  b  1  :  12.     ||  Job  II  :  7,  8,  9;   James 

I  :  17:  Col.  2  :  3.  «'  Heb.  1  :  K)  and  3  :  4.  and  11  :3;  Gen.  1:1;  Rev.  4  :  11. 
**  Heb.  1:3.     tt  Psalm  83  :  18,  and  103  :  19. 

You  believe  there  are  three  distinct  persons  in  the  Godhead,4  tin- 
Father.t  the  Son,!  and  the  Holy  Ghost  ;$  and  that  these  three  are 
one  God,  the  same  in  snbstance,||  eqnal  in  power  and  glory.U 

•  Mitt.  28  :  19;  2 Cor.  13  :14;  1  John  5  :  7.  f  Matt.  7  :  21  and  11  ■  -27.  {Luke 
•24  :  52  :  John  1:1:  Beb.  1  :  6.    §  Matt.  3  :  16;  John  14  :  16,  17,  26  ;  Acts  5  :3,4, 

II  John  10  :  30.    fl  Phil.  2:  G,  10,  11. 


35 

You  believe  the  Scriptures  of  the  Old  and  New  Testaments  to  le 
the  word  of  God  ;*  and  the  only  infallible  rule  of  faith  and  practice .t 

*  2  Tim.  3  :  16  ;  2  Peter  1  :  21.  t  Isaiah  8  :  20  ;  Luke  10  :  29  ;  Mark  7  :  7,  8.  13  ; 
John  20  :  31 ;  Acts  17  :  11 ;  Gal.  1  :  8,  9  ;  Rev.  22  :  18,  19. 

You  believe  mankind  were  originally  created  in  a  state  of  holiness,* 
but  have  since  fallen  into  a  state  of  sin,t  and  are  in  consequence  ex- 
posed to  the  wrath  and  curse  of  God,  both  in  this  life  and  that  which 
is  to  come.} 

*  Gen.  1  :  27 ;  Eccl.  7  :  29.  t  Gen.  2  :  11  and  3:6;  Rom.  5  :  18,  19  and  3:10, 
23  and  5  :  12.     +  Matt,  25  :  41  ;  Rom.  6  :  23;  Gal.  3  :  10 ;  Eph.  5  :  6. 

You  believe  that  God,  who  is  rich  in  mercy,  has  not  left  all  mankind 
to  perish  in  that  estate  of  sin  and  misery ;  but  from  before  the  found- 
ation of  the  world,  has  chosen  some  to  everlasting  life,*  and  ordained 
to  bring  them  into  a  state  of  grace  and  salvation  by  a  Redeemer.t 

*  Jer.  31  :  3  ;  Acts  13  :  48  ;  Rom.  11  :  7  ;  John  3  :  16  ;  Exod.  34  :  6,  7  ;  2  Pttcr 
3:9.  t  Rom.  8  :  29,  30 ;  Eph.  1  :  4—14  ;  2  Thess.  2  :  13 ;  Rev.  17  :  14  ;  1  Peter 
2:9. 

You  believe  that  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  who  is  both  God  and  man 
in  two  distinct  natures,  and  one  person,  is  the  only  Redeemer  ;*  that 
he  hath  offered  up  himself  a  sacrifice  to  God :  and  by  his  obedience 
and  sufferings  and  death  has  made  ample  atonement  for  sin  in  our 
stead  ;t  that  he  is  now  exalted  at  God's  right  hand  to  be  a  Prince  and 
a  Saviour,  to  grant  repentance  and  remission  of  sins,  to  all  who  go 
unto  God  through  him.} 

*  1  Tim.  2:5;  Acts  4  :  12.  t  Heb.  7  :  27  and  9  :  12,  14,  22 ;  1  Teter  1  :  18,  19  ; 
Heb.  2  :  10  ;  Isaiah  53  :  4,  5,  6 ;  Rom.  5  :  6 ;  2  Cor.  5  :  21 ;  Gal.  3  :  13 ;  Eph.  5:2; 
Heb.  10  :  5,  10.    +  Rom.  3  :  25,  26  and  4  :  5. 

You  believe  in  the  doctrines  of  Regeneration,*  Repentancet  and 

Faith,}  and  that  if  ever  we  are  saved,  it  will  be  owing  to  the  free,  rich 

and  sovereign  grace  of  God  in  Christ  Jesus.§ 

*  John  3  :  3  and  1  :  13.  t  Acts  2  :  38  and  3  :  19  and  11  :  18 ;  Luke  13  :  3. 
J  Mark  16  :  16  ;  Acts  16  :  31 ;  John  3  :  18,  36.     §  Acts  4  :  12 ;  1  Cor.  3  :  11. 

You  believe  in  the  final  perseverance  of  the  saints;*  in  the  resurrec- 
tion of  the  dead  ;t  and  in  a  future  judgment.} 

*  Job  17  :  9 ;  John  10  :  27—29 ;  Phil,  1:6;  Col.  3:3;  Heb.  10  :  39.  t  D:m. 
12  :  2 ;  Job.  19  :  26 :  Hosea  13  :  14  ;  1  Cor.  15  :  20—22 ;  Rev.  20  :  12.  J  Matt.  25  : 
31,  32 ;  Rom.  2  :  5—11 ;  2  Tim.  4  :  1 ;  2  Cor.  5  :  10. 

You  believe  at  the  last  day  the  Lord  Jesus  will  descend  from  heaven, 
with  a  shout,  and  with  the  voice  of  the  archangel,  and  with  the  trump 
of  God,  and  will  summon  the  whole  human  race  to  appear  before  him, 
to  give  an  account  of  their  conduct ;  and  will  then  doom  the  wicked 


36' 

t  >  everlasting  destruction,  :ui<l  crown  the  righteous  with  immortal 

glory.* 

Matt  26  :  64  and  L6  :  27  and  25  :  13—33  and  95  :  34,  U,  ^ ;  John  :.  :  K 
Rom.  1!  :  in.  i-j;  Acts  in  :  12;  II.  I..  9 

You  believe  that  Christ  has  a  church  in  the  world,  into  which  none 

in  tli--  Bight  of  men  bnt  visible  believers,  have  a  right  to  enter.* 

*  Psalm  50  :  lii;  .Matt,  n; :  19  and  18  .17;   l  Cor.  1:2;  2  Or.  l  .-  l  and  0  : 

14— ia 

You  believe  that  the  sacraments  of  the  Now  Testament  are  Bap- 
tism* and  the  Lord's  Supper ;t  that  believers  in  regular  standing  only, 
can  consistently  partake  of  the  Lord's  Supper;  and  that  visible  be- 
lievers and  their  households  only,  can  consistently  be  admitted  to  the 
ordinance  of  Baptism.} 

*  Matt.  26  ■•  19;  1  Peter  3  ;  01.  t  Matt  26  :  26— 30.  t  Lnke  18  :  15,  16 ;  Acts 
2  :  29  and  16  :  33.  34  :  1  Cor.  1  :  16 ;  Gal.  3  :  27— 2i». 

Thus  you  profess  to  believe. 

[If  any  are  to  be  received  on  certificate  from  other  churches,  their  names  are 
here  announced,  who  rise  in  their  xeveral  places  as  a  convenient  and  pleasant 
introduction  to  their  new  associates.] 

You  likewise  covenant  with  this  Church,  that  you  will  walk  in  its 
order  and  submit  to  its  discipline,  seek  its  peace  and  welfare,  and  treat 
its  members  with  that  tenderness  and  fidelity  which  become  the  disci- 
ples of  Christ  and  brethren  of  the  same  household. 

This  you  severally  promise  and  engage. 

[The  ordinance  of  Baptism,  if  not  previously  received,  is  here  administered,  tie 
candidates  successively  kueeling  at  the  font  ;  when  the  Pastor  proceeds  ai 
follows :] 

In  consequence  of  these  your  professions  and  engagements,  we, 
the  members  of  this  Church,  {here  the  Church  risc,~\  affectionately  re- 
ceive you  into  our  communion,  and  in  the  name  of  Christ  declare  you 
entitled  to  all  the  privileges  of  this  Church.  We  welcome  you  to  a 
fellowship  with  us  in  the  blessings  of  the  gospel,  engaging  on  our 
part  to  love  you  as  Christians,  to  pray  for  you,  and  seek  your  editica. 
tion  as  we  can,  and  willingly  to  be  admonished  and  directed  by  you 
in  the  right  ways  of  the  Lord  with  all  meekness  and  humility,  so  long 
as  you  shall  continue  among  us. 

[ Here  the  Church  resume  their  scats.'] 

[When  members  remove  to  other  places,  it  i&  their  duty  to  ask,  and  ours  to 
grant,  a  recommendation  to  another  church,  for  they  can  not  withdraw  from 
Christian  communion  without  breaking  their  covenant.] 


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And  now,  beloved  in  the  Lord,  let  it  be  impressed  on  your  minds, 
that  you  have  entered  into  solemn  relations,  which  you  never  can  re- 
nounce. These  vows  will  be  upon  you  for  ever.  Rejoice  with  ex- 
ceeding joy  because  of  those  indissoluble  bonds  which  connect  you 
with  Christ  and  his  people.  Forget  not  this  day.  Be  faithful  unto 
death;  for  if  found  faithful,  it  will  not  be  long  before  you  are  admit- 
ted into  that  world  where  no  longer  through  the  medium  of  ordinances, 
but  with  open  face  you  shall  behold  the  glory  of  the  Lord,  and  changed 
into  the  same  image,  from  glory  to  glory,  shall  dwell  for  ever  in  His 
presence.  May  the  Lord  guide  and  preserve  you  through  this  transi- 
tory life,  and  at  last  receive  you  and  us  to  that  blessed  world  where 
our  love  and  joy  shall  be  for  ever  perfect.     Amen. 


STANDING    RULES 

ADOPTED   BY   THIS   CHURCH. 

December  29,  1844.  Voted,  That  whenever  members  of  the  church 
leave  the  place,  they  be  required  to  take  a  letter  of  recommendation 
or  dismissal,  within  one  year  after  so  doing. 

Voted,  That  no  letter  of  recommendation  shall  be  considered  as 
good  for  a  longer  period  than  one  year  ;  and  that  this  vote  be  incor- 
porated in  every  letter  of  recommendation. 

January  10,  1848.  Voted,  That  no  person  who  shall  make  appli. 
cation  for  admission  into  this  church  upon  a  letter  of  recommendation 
from  any  other  evangelical  church,  shall  be  admitted  upon  the  first 
hearing  of  such  letter,  but  shall  stand  as  an  applicant  until  after  a  sec- 
ond hearing  of  such  letter,  before  being  received  into  the  church. 

January  8,  1849.  That  in  all  cases  of  discipline  requiring  the  action 
of  the  church,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  standing  committee  to 
investigate  the  charges,  facts  and  testimony  relating  thereto,  and  re- 
port the  same  in  such  form  and  manner,  that  the  church  can  have  the 
whole  subject  before  them  and  be  prepared  for  immediate  action  in 
the  premises. 


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February  «.).  1868.  Voted,  That  when  any  nifinl.fr  of  this  chinch 
shall  withdraw  and  divide  himself  from  the  communion  of  the  church, 
or  shall  neglect  the  lerricei  and  ordinances  of  the   sanctuary,  and 

when  all  due  means  of  reclaiming  and  restoring  him  prove  ineffectual, 
the  church  may  by  a  major  vote  at  any  regular  meeting,  justly  esteem 
and  declare  itself  discharged  and  absolved  from  any  further  inspection 
over  him. 


CHURCH  NOTICES. 


The  seasons  of  Sacramental  Communion  occur  only  on  the  first 
Lord's  day  in  the  months  of  January,  March,  May,  July,  September 
and  November. 

A  Lecture  preparatory  to  the  solemnity  is  attended  in  the  Chapel, 
on  Friday  afternoon  next  preceding  each  sacramental  occasion. 


PRESENT  OFFICERS  OF  THE  CHURCH. 


Pastor. 
Rev.  Willis  Strong  Colton,  installed  June  17th,  1856. 


Deacons. 
Samuel  Galpin,  appointed  Jan.  24th,  1855. 

Richard  A.  Robbins,        "  "        "       " 

John  Wells,  "         Dec.  31st,  1856. 

George  Stillman,  " 


t<       ««        n 


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PRESENT  MEMBERS  OF  THE  CHURCH, 

ALPHABETICALLY  ARRANGED. 

A 

Alfred  R.  Adams,  1857 

Mrs.  Alfred  R.  Adams,  1857 

Chauncey  Adams,  1834 

Mrs.  Chauncey  Adams  (Julia  Ann  Willard,)  1834 

Clarissa  L.  Adams,  1826 

Eugene  Adams,  1857 

Fanny  Adams,  1821 

Mrs.  Horace  Adams,  1834 

Mary  E.  Adams,  1857 

Miles  Adams,  1834 

Mrs.  Miles  Adams,  1834 

Mrs.  Russell  Adams,  1857 

Welles  Adams,  1826 

Mrs.    Welles  Adams,  (Mary   W.  Grisvrold,)  1827 

William  H.  Adams,  1859 

Mrs.  W.  W.  Andrews  (Elizabeth  B.Williams,)  1841 

Sarah  J.  Avery,  1857 

Mary  M.  Ayrault,  1845 

B 
If  Mrs.  Arnold  Bailey  (Nancy  Lockwood,)  1842 
Mrs.   Asa  Baker,    (Prudence  Rhodes,)  1834 
Mrs.  Manning  Beadle,  1821 
IF  Mrs.  L.  W.Belden,  1846 
E.  Theresa  Blinn,  1857 
Elizabeth  Blinn,  1843 
Mrs.  Levi  Blinn,  1821 
Mrs.  Samuel  Blinn,  1818 
Mrs.  Simeon  Blinn,  (Sarah  B.  Adams,)  1834 
Julia  Boardman,  1819 

Mrs.  Wm.    K.    Bond,    (Jerusha  North,)  1819 
Catharine  Brigden,  1820 
Mrs.  Michael  Brigden,  1818 
Catherine  M.  Buck,  1850 
Josiah  Buck,  1831 
Hannah  D.  Buck,  1832 
Henry  Buck,  1857 


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Martha  A.  Buck,  1838 
Mrs.  Winthrop  Buck,  1826 
Mrs.  Winthrop  Buck,  Jr.,  1848 
Catherine  E.  Bulkley,  1854 
Julia  Bulkley,  1838 
Abigail  Butler,  1814 
Elizabeth  D.  Butler,  1839 
George  Butler,  1843 
Mrs.  George  Butler,  1821 
Mrs.  Hezekiah  Butler,  1825 
James  Butler,  2d,  1843 
Mrs.  Jason  Butler,  1818 
Jason  Butler,  1843 
Mrs.  Jason  Butler,  1843 
Julia  Ann  Butler,  1821 
Laura  Butler,  1843 
Mary  Ann  Butler,  1821 

C 
Amasa  Cadwell,  1852 
Frances  A.  Cadwell,  1857, 
Mrs.  Philo  Carew,  1838 
Henry  Case,  1857 
Mrs.  Henry  Case,  1857 
Kev   William  Chester,  1810 
Hannah  G.  Chester,  1827 
H  Stephen  M.  Chester,  1859 
Levi  B.  Churchill,  1821 
Mrs.  Levi  B.  Churchill,  1819 
Mabel  Churchill,  1839 
Mary  C.  Churchill,  1846 
Eebecca  Churchill,  1821 
Chauncey  Coleman,  1 857 
^  Mrs.  Chauncey  Coleman,  1836. 
Maria  Coleman,  1839 

Mrs.  Wm.  Coleman,  (Mehetable  Griswold,)  1821 
ErastusF.  Cooke,  1826 

Mrs.  Erastus  F.   Cook,  (Mary  P.  Belden,)  1821 
Mrs.  Erastus  Cowles  (Sarah  Hudson,)  1814 
Mrs.  Abraham  Crane,  (Prudence  W.  Treat.)  1809 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  T  Crane,  1843 
Mary  Ann  dwell,  1859 
H  Aaron  L.  Curtis,  1854 
H  Mrs.  A.  L.  Curtis,  1854 
H  Josiah  Curtis,  1811 
If  Mrs.  Josiah  Curtis,  1811 
if  Sophia  Cushman,  1847 
H  Mrs.  Willis  S.  Col  ton,  1859 

D 
William  Damary,  1858 
Mrs.  William  Damary  ( Ann  Ford)  1857 


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Mi*    Alvah   Hillings.  (Sarah  W.  Griswold,)  1827 
Mrs.  Roswell  Dix,  I83J 
Mrs.  Samuel  l>i\.  1829 
Timothy  C.  Dix,  1857 

E 
Thomas  H.  Klfred,  1834 

P 
Henry  Fowl,  185? 
Roswell  Fox,  ltc.7 
"   Mrs.  Bqswell  Fox,  1S49 
Charles  Francis,  1829 
Mis   Charjes  Francis,  (Emily  Blinn,)  1821 
Daniel  W.  Francis,  1857 
Mrs.  George  Francis,  (Mrs.  E.  Stoddard,)  1826 
Rev.  James  H.  Francis,  1816 
Jane  C.  Francis,  1858 
Mrs.  John  Francis,  (Maria  Francis,)    1841 
Lucy  Francis,  1852 
Martha  Francis,  1843 
Matthew  Francis,  1858 
Mrs.  Matthew  Francis,  1843 
Mrs.  J.  H.  Freeland  (Adeline  I.Woodhouse.)  1843 
t  Mrs.  G.  A.  French,  (Sarah  Ann  Stillman,)  1826 

G 
Alhert  Galpin,  1847 
If  Mrs.  Alhert  Galpin,  1847 
Samuel  Galpin,  1816 
Mrs.  Samuel  Calpin,  1816 

Mrs.  Elizur  Goodrich,  (Prudence  Fortune,)  1834 
Mrs.  Joshua  (Goodrich  (Mary  Ann  Wells,)  1823 
Khoda  Goodrich,  1821 
Mrs.  Margaret  Cornelius  Goodrich,  1860 
Mrs.  Levi  Goodwin,  1857 
Mrs.  S.  B.  Goodwin,  1823 
Charles  F.  Griswold,  1857 
E.  Augusta  Griswold,  1857 
Ellen  M.  Griswold,  1857 
Franklin  W.  Griswold,  1831 

Mrs.  Franklin  W. Griswold  (Emily  Adams.)  1834 
D.  W.  Clinton  Griswold,  1857 
Hannah  Griswold,  1839 
James  Griswold,  1843 
James  S.  Griswold,  1821 
Mrs.  James  S.  Griswold,  1821 
Justus  Griswold,  1839 
Mrs.  Justus  Griswold,  1835 
Justus  W.  Griswold,  1841 
Lucy  W.  Griswold,  1857 
Martin  S.  Griswold,  1848 
Mrs.  Martin  S.  Griswold,  1857 


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Mary  Ann  Griswold,  1857 

Stanley  Griswold  1839 

Mrs.  Stanley  Griswold,  (Lucy  Wells,)  1821 

Mrs.  Thomas  Griswold,  (RhodaS.  Wright,)  1814 

Thomas  Griswold,  1821 

Mrs.  Thomas  Griswold,  (Jerusha  Wells,)  1827 

T.  Newton  Griswold,  1857 

Mrs.  T.  Newton  Griswold,  (Jeannette  W.  Butler,)  1857 

Mrs.  Josiah  Griswold,  1831 

Mrs.  Justus  W.  Griswold,  1859 

Mary  Griswold,  1859 

Martha  Griswold,  1860 

H 
Rev.  Albert  Hale,  1821 
Caroline  D.  Hale,  1857 
Elizabeth  Hale,  1857 
Hannah  M.  Hale,  1857 
John  Hale,  1843 
Simeon  Hale,  1817 
Simeon  Hale,  Jr.,  1841 
Mrs.   Francis   Huldah    Haniner,  1821 
Hannah  Hanmer,  1838 
Henry  Hanmer,  1831 
Lucy  Ann  Hanmer,  1826 
Lucy  Hanmer,  1821 
Nancy  Hanmer,  1831 
Sarah  Hanmer,  1814 
Mrs.  Win.  Hanmer,  1839 
Fanny  A.  Harris,  1857 

Mrs.   Jared  Harrison,   (Caroline  Loveland,)  1820 
Mrs.  Ormond  Harrison,  1838 
Edwin  M.  Havens,  1857 

Mrs.  Edwin   M.  Havens,  (Julia  Ann  Wells,)  1857 
Elizabeth  R.  Havens,  1843 
Emily  B.  Havens,  1843 

Mrs.     John     Havens,     (Martha  Wells,)  1838 
Nancy  Havens,  1821 
Sarah  Havens,  1826 
Huldah  S.  Havens,  1857 
Mrs.  Thomas  Havens,  1834 
William  A.  Havens,  1821 
Mrs.  S.  Hayford,  1821 
Sarah  P.  Hillhouse,  1842 
Ann  Elizabeth  Holcomb,  1858 
Abigail  Hubbard,  1843 
II  Jane  Hosford,  1860 

J 
If  Elisha  Johnson,  1847 
H  Mrs.  Elisha  Johnson,  1847 


John  I  >.  Knapp,  1 357 
Mrs.  John  1>.  Knapp,  1857 


44 
K 

L 


Mrs.  Zechariah  Larkin,  1814 

Mrs.  .Mary  Ann  Latimer.  1811 

Henry  Lockwood,  16 

'   Aire.  Henry  Lockwood,  1852 

John  Loveland,  1831 

Lucy  Loveland,  18  19 

Rebecca  Loveland,  1821 

Henry  A.  Lyon,  1857 

M 

Mrs.  Henry  Marsh,  (Sarah  B.  Skaats,)  1839 
Abigail  Marsh.  1804 

Lydia  Marsh.  1804 

Hannah  McCnllen,  1857 
James  M.  Merrow,  185? 
Harriet  Montague  1834 

Rossiter  R.  Montague,  1843 

Mrs.  Stephen  Morgan,  1816 

Da  vies  Morris.  1814 

Mrs.  Davies  Morris,  (Harriet  Risley,)  1821 

Samuel  W.  Morris,  1858 

Mrs.  W.  W.  Morton.  (Eunice  E.  Deming,)  1846 

Harriet  Moseley,  1826 

Mary  Ann  Murphy,  1858 

Jane  Mygatt,  1813 

Mrs.  F.  Morrison,  (Elizabeth  D.  Stillman,)  1848 

P 
Mrs.  Nathan  W.  Pelton,  1820 
Mrs.  C.  A.  Phelps,  (Lucy  Louisa  "Woodhouse,)  1843 

B 
Caroline  Rhodes,  1838 
George  Rhodes,  1831 
Mrs.  George  Rhodes,  1821 
Mary  S.Riley,  1834 
Chauncey  Bobbins,  1841 
IT  Mrs.  Chauncey  Bobbins,  1851 
If  Mrs.  E.  G.  Robbins,  (Elizabeth  Tucker,)  1846 
Fanny  C  Robbins,  1857 
Henrv  Robbins,  1814 

Mrs.  Henry  Robbins,  (Celia  Talcott,)  1821 
Mrs.  Joshua  Robbins,  1820 
Josiah  Robbins,  1831 

Mrs.    Josiah    Robbins,    (Harriet  Crane,)  1921 
Rev.  Loren  H.  Robbins,  1839 
Mary  E.  Robbins.  1S.77 
Mrs.  Oliver  Robbins,  (Rebecca  A.  Woodhouse,)  1821 


45  \ 


If  Mrs.  Richard  Robbies,  1838 

Richard  A.  Robbins,  1841 

Mrs.  Richard  A.   Robbins.  (Harriet  Wells,)  1341 

Robert  B.  Robbins,  1857 

Silas  W.  Robbins,  1841 

Mrs.  Silas  W.  Robbins,  1859 

Thomas  W.  Robbins,  1847 

Mrs.  William  Robbins,  1834 

Mrs.  Ashbel  Robertson,  1839 

A.  Louise  Rogers,  1857 

IF  Theodore  B.  Rogers.  1857 

I  Mrs.  Theodore  B.  Rogers,  1857 

Mrs.  Robert  Robbins,  1801 

S 

Mrs.L.  A.  Sackett,  (Harriet  Roberts,)  1843 

Charles  H.  Sanford,  1857 

Horace  Savage,  1843 

Mrs.  Horace  Savage,  (Sarah  Pett's,)  1816 

Mrs.  Jacob  Sebor,  1817 

Edward  Shepard,  1857 

Elizabeth  Shepard,  1857 

Abraham  Skaats,  1821 

Mrs.  Abraham  Skaats,  1818 

Abraham  Skaats,  Jr.,  1857 

Mrs.  Abraham  Skaats,  Jr.,  1857 

David  Skaats,  1838 

Mrs.  David  Skaats,  (Dolly  Cowdrey,)  1843 

Jane  H.  Skaats,  1846 

James  Smith,  1821 

Mrs.  James  Smith,  1825 

Rev.  John  Smith,  1814 

Sophia  S.  Smith,  1841 

William  Smith,  1821 

Mrs.  William  Smith,  1821 

Mrs.  J.  Standish  (Cynthia  Wells,)  1315 

Fanny  Stanton,  1860 

1  Grace  P.  Stanton,  1835 

IT  Hannah  Stanton,  1839 

Jane  T.  Stanton,  1860 

f  Henry  A.  Stillman.  1859 

I  Mrs.  Henry  A.  Stillman,  1859 

Clarissa  Stillman,  1821 

George  Stillman,  1827 

Mrs.    George    Stillman,    (Mabel  Griswold,)  1831 

f  Isabella  Stillman  1857 

1  Levi  Stillman,  1857 

if  Mrs.  Levi  Stillman,  1857 

Martha  B.  Stillman,  1857 

Mary  C.  Stillman,  1857 

Sarah  W.  Stillman,  1814 


46 


M  i    -  aeon    StDlman,  (Nancy  Deming,)  18   I 
Sonthmayd  Still,  an,  l  - 
Amelia  Stoddard, 1821 
Uarriel  Stoddard,  I81ti 

T 
Sarah  T.  Talcott,  1831 
Ann  Tryon, 
Mn    Wm.   B.  Thrasher,  (Julia  Wright,)  If 

W 
1  Abner  s.  Warner,  1848 
•   Mrs.  Abner  &  Warner,  1848 
Anne  B.  Warner,  1821 
Hnl. lah  W.  Warner,  1821 
Mrs.  Robert  W.  Warner.  1818 

Mrs.  William  Wataon,  (Mary  Marsh,)  1798 

Augustus  Webster,  1867 

Mrs.  Augustus  Webster,  1857 

Mrs.  Benjamin  Weeks,  1831 

Ashbel  Wells.  1843 

Mrs.  Ashbel  Wells.  1821 

Catharine  L.Wells,  1857 

Clarissa  Wells,  1838 

Elizabeth  A.  Wells,  1857 

Ellen  E.  Wells,  1857 

Emily  II.  Wells,  1849 

E.  Woleott  Wells,  1858 

Francis  N.  Welles,  1841 

George  W  ells,  1831 

George  L.  Wells,  1813 

Mrs.  George  L.  Wells,  (Martha  V.  Wells,)  1841 

Mrs.  Henrv  Wells.  1818 

Henry  Wells,  1841 

Mrs.  Henrv  Wells.  1857 

f  Mrs    Horace    Wells,  (Lucy  Blinn  )  1832  '58 

John  Wells,  1831 

Mrs.  John  Wells.  (Mary  W.  Woleott.)  1831 

Mrs.  Joseph  Wells,  1812 

Joseph  Wells,  Jr.,  1821 

Mrs.  Joseph  Wells,  (Sarah  Dix,)  184G 

Julia  Welles,    1835 

Leonard  B.  Welles,  1835 

IT  Mrs.  Leonard  R.  Wells,  1835 

Mrs.  Mary  Ann  Wells.  1843 

1  Mrs.  Martin  Welles,    1829 

Mary  Q.  Wells,  1841 

Mary  M.  Wells   1857 

Romania  We'ls,  1814 

Mrs.  Romanta  Wells,  (Mary  Ann  Morgan,)  1814 

Rossitur  We1  s,  1807 

Mrs.  Rossitur  Wells,  (Emily  Butler,)  1814 


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Samuel  Wells,  1827 

Samuel  R.  Wells,  1841 

Mrs    Samuel  R.  Wells,  (Martha  Butler,)  1838 

Stephen  M.  Wells,  1849 

TT  Mrs.  Stephen  M.  Wells,  1857 

Adeline  M.  Willard,  1857 

Mrs.  William  Willard,  1814 

H  William  Willard,  1854 

IT  Mrs  William  Willard,  1854 

11  Mrs.  Thomas  W.  Williams,  1853 

Charles  Wolcott,  1843 

Mrs.  Charles  Wolcott,  (Hannah  Blinn,)  1846 

Mrs.  Elisha  Wolcott,  1832 

Horace  Wolcott,  1821 

Mrs.  Horace  Wolcott,  (Rhoda  Rohhins,)  1821 

Samuel  Wollcott,  1857 

Mrs.  Samuel  Wolcott,  (Mary  E.  Morgan,)  1857 

Sarah  N.  Wolcott,  1841 

Ann  Woodhouse,  1816 

Elizabeth  Woodhouse,  1818 

Harriet  Woodhouse,  1821 

Mrs.  Humphrey  Woodhouse,  1821 

Laura  AVoodhouse,  1821 

Lucy  Woodhouse,  1810 

Mrs.  Manna  Woodhouse,  1821 

Mary  Woodhouse,  1821 

Mary  Woodhouse,  2nd,  18  21 

Rebecca  B.  Woodhouse,  1814 

Mrs.  Samuel  Woodhouse,  1846 

Samuel  Woodhouse,  1846 

Mrs.  Samuel  Woodhouse,  1820 

Sarah  H.  Woodhouse,  1821 

T  Sarah  N.  Woodhouse,  1840 

Frances  Wright,  1821 

Mrs.  Horace  Wright  1821 

Joseph  Wright,  1843 

Mrs.  Joseph  Wright,  1843 

Nancy  Wright,  1814 

William  Wright,  1821 


CORREC  TIONS 


J'-  ».  a:  Btfa  nape, 
p.  26,  at  34  cL 

*,  d.  2d  coL 

P*8fa  J  p.  20,  to  «  removed  to  other  churches." 
p.  88,  tu  Widow  James  Mitchell. 
P-  30,  to  Maria  Crane. 
1-  »,  to  Edwd  P,  Griswold. 

ftUMa  Dates. 
p.  41,  Roy.  Wm.  Chester,  1810  to  131C. 

Mr.  C.  Col  man,  1806  to  1846. 
p.  42,  Thos.  H.  Elfired,  1864  to  1657. 
J  as.  Griswold,  1843  to  1821. 
Jas.  S.  Griswold,  1821  to  1 S 
Mn.  J.  8.  Griswold,  1821  to  1868. 
1».  43,  Lucj  Ann  Humor,  1826  to  1827. 
p.  45,  Mrs.  g,  w.  Bobbins,  1850  to  1866 
p.  40,  A.  S.  Warner,  1848  to  1849. 
Mrs.  A.  s.  w.,  [848  to  1849 
George  Welles,  1631  to  1821. 
Mrs.  Benj.  Weeks,  1831  to  1821. 
Mrs.  Jos.  Wells,  1643  to  18-11. 
Leonard  11.  Wells,  1635  to  1834. 
Mrs.  L.B.W.,1835t0  l~ 
P.  J4,  foi  Mrs.  II.  Marsh  road  Mrs.  Henry  Mack 


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